Review Article

Trial Characteristics and Appropriateness of Statistical Methods Applied for Design and Analysis of Randomized School-Based Studies Addressing Weight-Related Issues: A Literature Review

Table 3

Power analysis and statistical methods by study years: N (%).

Power analysis statistical methodsAll years ()1995–2012 ()2013–2017 () value

Power analysis conducted and reported52 (43.0%)24 (38.1%)28 (48.3%)0.258
ICC taken into account for power analysis26 (21.5%)13 (20.6%)13 (22.4%)0.828
Multilevel analysis performed83 (68.6%)40 (63.5%)43 (74.1%)0.176
ICC estimated from the analysis reported10 (8.3%)7 (11.1%)3 (5.2%)0.327