Research Article
Evaluation of “One Body, One Life”: A Community-Based Family Intervention for the Prevention of Obesity in Children
Table 4
Physiological changes, comparing baseline with course end measures for overweight or obese participants.
| | n | mean change (%) | 95% confidence interval | Standard deviation | P |
| Adults obese and overweight | Body fat % | 66 | −1.75% | (−3.08–−0.41) | 5.53% | 0.010 | BMI | 67 | −0.78% | (−1.41–−0.14) | 2.65% | 0.016 | Waist circumference | 67 | −1.95% | (−2.82–−1.06) | 3.68% | <0.001 | Hip circumference | 63 | −1.32% | (−1.99–−0.64) | 2.73% | <0.001 | Heart rate | 67 | −1.94% | (−4.97–1.1) | 12.70% | 0.212 | Systolic blood pressure | 65 | −3.68% | (−6.83–−0.53) | 12.96% | 0.022 | Diastolic blood pressure | 65 | −2.34% | (−5.51–0.84) | 13.10% | 0.151 | Expiratory volume | 68 | 7.56% | (3.31–11.8) | 17.85% | <0.001 | Visceral fat | 48 | −0.68% | (−4.7–3.34) | 14.23% | 0.741 | TWB% | 48 | 1.26% | (0.53–1.98) | 2.57% | 0.001 |
| Children obese and overweight | Body fat % | 57 | −3.20% | (−6.15–−0.25) | 11.36% | 0.033 | BMI percentile | 54 | −1.82% | (−3.14–−0.5) | 4.95% | 0.007 | Waist circumference | 57 | −1.56% | (−2.54–−0.58) | 3.77% | 0.002 | Heart rate | 50 | −6.24% | (−11.56–−0.91) | 19.22% | 0.022 | Systolic blood pressure | 48 | 2.94% | (−2.81–8.69) | 20.35% | 0.317 | Diastolic blood pressure | 48 | 6.11% | (−2.84–15.06) | 31.65% | 0.181 | Expiratory volume | 58 | 9.13% | (5.35–12.9) | 14.67% | <0.001 |
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