A three-year multifaceted intervention to prevent obesity in children of Mexican-heritage

Sadeghi, Banafsheh; Kaiser, Lucia L.; Hanbury, Meagan M.; Tseregounis, Iraklis Erik; Shaikh, Ulfat; Gomez-Camacho, Rosa; Cheung, Rex C. Y.; Aguilera, Alberto L.; Whent, Linda; de la Torre, Adela

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6897-8

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Regression Results of log-BMI and zBMI

From: A three-year multifaceted intervention to prevent obesity in children of Mexican-heritage

		log-BMI		zBMI
		Girls (n = 347)	Boys (n = 330)	Girls (n = 347)	Boys (n = 330)
Predictors	N (# Observation)	1295	1236	1295	1236
Intercept	Β	2.70	2.69	0.30	0.14
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.12	0.15
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.01	0.36
Intervention	Β	0.01	0.04	−0.02	0.25
1 = treatment; 2 = comparison	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.12
1 = treatment; 2 = comparison	P value	0.69	0.03	0.81	0.04
Duration of being in the program	Β	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Standard error	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	P value	0.83	0.78	0.74	0.43
Days from the start of intervention to each measurement	Β	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Standard error	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.13	0.22
Overweight at baseline (ref. normal)	Β	0.12	0.11	0.94	0.96
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.11	0.14
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Obese at baseline (ref. normal)	Β	0.32	0.32	1.82	1.92
	Standard error	0.01	0.02	0.09	0.11
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Age group 2 (ref. age group 1)	Β	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.02
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.09	0.12
	P value	0.01	0.05	0.58	0.88
Age group 3 (ref. age group 1)	Β	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.14
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.11
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.25	0.23
Mother’s place of birth^a 1 = United States; 2 = Mexico	Β	0.01	−0.01	0.09	−0.04
	Standard error	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.08
	P value	0.21	0.44	0.19	0.67
Intervention × age group 2	Β	0.00	−0.03	− 0.06	− 0.22
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.15
	P value	0.91	0.16	0.63	0.16
Intervention × age group 3	Β	−0.03	−0.05	−0.05	− 0.30
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.15
	P value	0.25	0.04	0.73	0.04
Intervention × overweight at baseline	Β	0.02	0.01	0.17	−0.05
	Standard error	0.02	0.03	0.15	0.17
	P value	0.51	0.79	0.26	0.78
Intervention × obese at baseline	Β	−0.04	−0.06	−0.05	− 0.08
	Standard error	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.14
	P value	0.04	0.01	0.73	0.56

Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, zBMI standardized body mass index. ^aHouseholds that were not of Mexican-heritage did not meet eligibility criteria

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