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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the “Join the Healthy Boat” study

From: Does the intervention of the school-based health promotion programme “Join the Healthy Boat” have equal or differential effects on weight status and health-related behaviours in children from a high or low socio-economic background? – A randomised controlled trial

Missing Values

Total (n = 1620)

High SES (n = 445a)

Low SES (n = 987a)

Difference btw. high and low SES

n

Intervention (n = 895)

Control (n = 725)

Intervention (n = 246)

Control (n = 199)

Intervention (n = 533)

Control (n = 454)

p

Age, years [m (sd)]

7.1 (0.6)

7.1 (0.6)

7.0 (0.6)

7.0 (0.6)

7.1 (0.6)

7.1 (0.6)

 &; 0.001

Boys [n (%)]

443 (49.5)

376 (51.9)

123 (50.0)

104 (52.3)

263 (49.3)

239 (52.6)

0.528

Migration background [n (%)]

55

297 (34.4)

190 (27.1)

53 (21.8)

39 (19.8)

205 (40.3)

140 (32.3)

 &; 0.001

Anthropometry

 Height, cm [m (sd)]

44

123.9 (6.4)

123.8 (6.1)

123.5 (6.2)

123.5 (5.8)

124.3 (6.5)

124.0 (6.3)

0.036

 Weight, kg [m (sd)]

45

24.7 (5.1)

24.4 (4.4)

23.7 (3.8)

23.8 (3.8)

25.3 (5.7)

24.6 (4.5)

0.003

 BMIPERC [m (sd)]

45

48.7 (27.8)

47.6 (26.7)

43.3 (24.7)

44.1 (26.6)

51.6 (28.6)

48.6 (26.6)

 &; 0.001

 Overweight and obesity [n (%)]

45

85 (9.8)

53 (7.5)

8 (3.4)

13 (6.6)

69 (13.3)

35 (7.9)

0.008

Parental characteristics

 Tertiary family educational level [n (%)]

293 (32.7)

229 (31.6)

246 (100.0)

199 (100.0)

14 (2.6)

12 (2.6)

 &; 0.001

 Low household income [n (%)]

188

101 (13.0)

83 (12.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

101 (18.9)

83 (18.3)

 &; 0.001

Health and lifestyle characteristics

 MVPA on ≥ 4 days/week ≥ 60 min/day [n (%)]

76

226 (26.5)

189 (27.4)

82 (34.0)

60 (30.6)

122 (24.1)

112 (25.9)

0.011

 Screen media use > 1 h/day [n (%)]

13

132 (14.8)

92 (12.8)

15 (6.1)

16 (8.1)

98 (18.5)

62 (13.7)

0.020

 Soft drink intake > 1 time/week [n (%)]

8

222 (24.9)

169 (23.5)

27 (11.0)

25 (12.6)

162 (30.5)

124 (27.5)

0.571

 Breakfast skipping [n (%)]

6

112 (12.5)

87 (12.1)

13 (5.3)

10 (5.1)

85 (16.0)

70 (15.5)

 &; 0.001

  1. m (sd) mean (standard deviation), SES Socio-economic background (as a combination of parental education level and household income), BMIPERC BMI percentiles, MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity
  2. aOne hundred eighty-eight children could not be allocated to either high or low SES as data on household income was missing. They still remain in the “total” group since independent analyses of both variables used to define SES (parental education and household income) were performed, too