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Table 2 Demographic and baseline characteristics

From: Assessing the feasibility of evaluating and delivering a physical activity intervention for pre-school children: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Characteristic

As randomised

As analysed

Intervention (n = 83)

Control (n = 81)

Total (n = 164)

Intervention (n = 29)

Control (n = 35)

Total (n = 64)

Age years, mean (SD)

      

 Child

2.7 (0.7)

2.9 (0.7)

2.8 (0.7)

2.8 (0.7)

2.8 (0.8)

2.8 (0.8)

 Parent

29.4 (5.3)

31.7 (5.6)

30.6 (5.6)

30.9 (5.9)

33.2 (5.4)

32.2 (5.7)

Sex, n (%)

      

 Child

      

  Female

43 (52.4)

42 (52.5)

85 (52.5)

14 (50.0)

17 (50.0)

31 (50.0)

  Male

39 (47.6)

38 (47.5)

77 (47.5)

14 (50.0)

17 (50.0)

31 (50.0)

 Parent

      

  Mother

80 (96.4)

77 (95.1)

157 (95.7)

28 (96.6)

32 (91.4)

60 (93.8)

  Father

3 (3.6)

4 (4.9)

7 (4.3)

1 (3.5)

3 (8.6)

4 (6.3)

Ethnicity, n (%)

      

 Child

      

  White

35 (42.7)

25 (30.9)

60 (36.8)

9 (31.3)

9 (25.7)

18 (28.1)

  South Asian

43 (52.4)

50 (61.7)

93 (57.1)

19 (65.5)

25 (71.4)

44 (68.8)

  Othera

4 (4.9)

6 (7.4)

10 (6.1)

1 (3.5)

1 (2.9)

2 (3.1)

 Parent

      

  White

34 (44.2)

28 (43.1)

62 (43.7)

9 (33.3)

9 (33.3)

18 (33.3)

  South Asian

41 (53.3)

36 (55.4)

77 (54.2)

17 (63.0)

18 (66.7)

35 (64.8)

  Othera

2 (2.6)

1 (1.5)

3 (2.1)

1 (3.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

Physical activity

n = 55

n = 58

n = 113

n = 29

n = 35

n = 64

 Minutes spent in MVPA/day, mean (SD)

64.2 (26.3)

62.0 (22.9)

63.1 (24.5)

65.6 (26.7)

61.9 (23.7)

63.6 (25.0)

 Minutes spent in light activity/day, mean (SD)

212.8 (44.1)

212.6 (40.2)

212.7 (41.9)

224.1 (41.6)

219.2 (36.8)

221.4 (38.8)

 Minutes spent sedentary/day, mean (SD)

317.7 (89.1)

287.4 (64.8)

302.2 (78.7)

342.8 (89.3)

296.8 (61.5)

317.7 (78.3)

 Minutes of total PA/day, mean (SD)

277.0 (60.2)

274.6 (56.0)

275.8 (57.8)

289.7 (57.2)

281.1 (53.1)

285.0 (54.7)

 Percentage of children ≥180 min/day (%)

53/55 (96.4)

55/58 (94.8)

108/113 (95.6)

29/29 (100.0)

33/35 (94.3)

62/64 (96.9)

Anthropometry

      

 Height in centimetres, mean (SD)

n = 72

n = 73

n = 145

n = 26

n = 30

n = 56

92.4 (7.3)

93.1 (6.9)

92.8 (7.1)

93.5 (8.2)

92.8 (7.8)

93.1 (7.9)

 Weight in kilograms, mean (SD)

n = 74

n = 77

n = 151

n = 28

n = 34

n = 62

14.1 (2.5)

14.3 (2.3)

14.2 (2.4)

14.4 (2.6)

14.3 (2.6)

14.3 (2.6)

 Abdominal circumference in centimetres, mean (SD)

n = 60

n = 66

n = 126

n = 22

n = 27

n = 49

50.0 (3.8)

50.2 (3.9)

50.0 (3.8)

49.6 (3.4)

50.6 (4.3)

50.1 (3.9)

 Arm circumference in centimetres, mean (SD)

n = 55

n = 66

n = 121

n = 21

n = 27

n = 48

16.9 (1.8)

17.3 (3.9)

17.1 (3.1)

17.0 (1.8)

18.3 (5.9)

17.7 (4.6)

 BMI z-score, mean (SD)

n = 71

n = 73

n = 144

n = 26

n = 30

n = 56

0.6 (1.1)

0.8 (1.1)

0.7 (1.1)

0.5 (1.1)

1.0 (1.1)

0.7 (1.1)

 Overweight, BMI z-score ≥1.04, n (%)

n = 71

n = 73

n = 144

n = 26

n = 30

n = 56

24 (33.8)

29 (39.7)

53 (36.8)

8 (30.8)

12 (40.0)

20 (35.7)

Well-being

n = 75

n = 72

n = 147

n = 27

n = 30

n = 57

 ComQol-A5 total objective score, mean (SD)

73.2 (8.0)

75.2 (7.1)

74.2 (7.6)

74.7 (7.6)

76.3 (6.9)

75.6 (7.2)

Self-efficacy

n = 83

n = 80

n = 163

n = 29

n = 34

n = 63

 General self-efficacy, mean (SD)

30.3 (5.7)

29.1 (5.4)

29.7 (5.6)

30.6 (4.6)

30.0 (5.3)

30.3 (4.9)

  1. Data were missing for child gender (n = 2), child ethnicity (n = 1) and parent ethnicity (n = 22)
  2. aAfrican, Burmese and dual heritage (White, Asian, Chinese and Indian)
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