Early Obesity Prevention: A Randomized Trial of a Practice-Based Intervention in 0–24-Month Infants

Table 1

Anthropometric measurements of babies at baseline, 12 months, and final visit^a.

	Baseline		12 months		Final visit
	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control
	Mean (SD); 95% confidence interval		Mean (SD); 95% confidence interval		Mean (SD); 95% confidence interval
BMI	15.29 (1.53)	15.03 (1.58)	17.23 (1.58)	17.29 (1.95)	16.34 (1.59)	16.20 (1.25)
	15.04–15.56	14.77–15.29	16.93–17.54	16.93–17.66	16.05–16.65	15.96–16.44
BMI -scores	−0.283 (0.96)	−0.152 (1.01)	0.492 (1.08)	0.539 (1.36)	0.339 (1.13)	0.218 (0.95)
	−0.45–−0.12	−0.32–0.01	0.29–0.70	0.29–0.79	0.13–0.55	0.04–0.40
Weight (kg)	4.91 (1.23)	4.56 (0.89)	9.85 (1.11)	9.81 (1.29)	12.76 (1.63)	12.61 (1.47)
	4.71–5.13	4.41–4.71	9.64–10.07	9.58–10.06	12.46–13.07	12.34–12.89
Height (cm)	56.30 (4.52)	54.81 (3.10)	75.53 (2.49)	75.31 (3.06)	88.20 (3.21)	88.13 (3.15)
	55.53–57.07	54.31–55.32	75.06–76.02	74.74–75.88	87.61–88.81	87.54–88.73
Triceps skinfold	7.94 (2.28)	7.85 (2.58)	9.70 (2.09)	8.82 (1.93)	8.83 (2.02)	8.42 (2.19)
	7.56–8.34	7.43–8.28	9.30–10.12	8.44–9.20	8.44–9.23	7.97–8.87
Triceps + subscapular skinfold	14.36 (3.91)	14.45 (4.01)	16.46 (3.52)	15.36 (2.99)	14.68 (3.25)	14.06 (3.17)
	13.70–15.04	13.78–15.12	15.78–17.15	14.78–15.95	14.04–15.33	13.40–14.72

Student’s -test was used to compare intervention versus control at baseline, 12 months, and final visit.
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