Research Article
A Community-Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese and Their Caregivers
Table 2
Comparison of the baseline information (preintervention) by participation status.
| | | Total n = 118 | Completers n = 97 | Noncompleters n = 21 | value |
| | Age (years) | 8.4 ± 1.3 | 8.5 ± 1.3 | 8.1 ± 1.4 | 0.204 | | Height (cm) | 54.3 ± 3.9 | 137.9 ± 9.4 | 137.6 ± 10.9 | 0.368 | | Weight (kg) | 105.9 ± 28.4 | 47.5 ± 12.2 | 47.6 ± 16.4 | 0.082 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 24.9 ± 4.4 | 24.9 ± 4.0 | 25.1 ± 5.8 | 0.690 | | BMI z-score | 2.04 ± 0.47 | 2.04 ± 0.46 | 2.07 ± 0.50 | 0.775 | | Sex, male [n (%)] | 50 (42.4) | 39 (40.2) | 11 (52.4) | 0.047 |
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Note. Values are mean ± SD unless otherwise specified; values were obtained by performing the Kruskal-Wallis test or chi-square test. .
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