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Table 1 Child and parent characteristics at baseline

From: A novel interactive mobile health support system for pediatric obesity treatment: a randomized controlled feasibility trial

Variable

Intervention n = 15

Control n = 13

P1

Girls n (%)

9 (60)

6 (46)

0.464

Age, mean [sd] (min–max)

8.4 [1.9] (5.2–11.2)

9.8 [2.2] (5.1–12.8)

0.083

Height in cm, mean [sd] (min–max)

138.0 [14.3] (108.8–156.4)

148.2 [16.2] (118.3–170.0)

0.087

Weight in kg, mean [sd] (min–max)

50.0 [13.4] (25.0–70.0)

61.5 [22.6] (29.0–96.1)

0.124

BMI, mean [sd] (min–max)

25.7 [3.3] (20.3–31.6)

27.0 [4.5] (20.7–33.3)

0.392

BMI SDS, mean [sd] (min–max)

3.0 [0.5] (2.2–4.2)

2.8 [0.3] (2.2–3.1)

0.189

Degree of obesity2

  

0.431

 Severe Obesity n (%)

8 (53)

5 (38)

 

 Obesity n (%)

6 (40)

7 (54)

 

 Overweight n (%)3

1 (7)

1 (8)

 

Non-Nordic origin n (%)4

8 (53)

5 (39)

0.431

Self-reported parental data

Intervention N = 15

Control N = 12

 

One parent has/has had obesity n (%)5

10 (67)

10 (83)

0.408

Two parents have/have had obesity n (%)

3 (20)

4 (33)

0.662

One parent has had obesity surgery n (%)6

1 (7)

1 (8)

1.00

  1. 1p-values derive from Student’s t-test for continuous variables and from chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test for other variables. An alfa of < 0.05 is considered statistically significant
  2. 2For group differences, participants were categorized as having either severe obesity or obesity/overweight
  3. 3All children had obesity at inclusion but two individuals were classified as overweight at baseline
  4. 4At least one parent was born in a non-Nordic country
  5. 5At least one parent has or has had obesity
  6. 6At least one parent has had obesity surgery
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