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Characteristics of children |
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| School A |
School B |
Both |
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| N = 48 |
N = 112 |
N = 160 |
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| Child |
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| Age y (mean, SD) |
11.2, 2.0 |
8.2, 1.5 |
9.0, 2.1 |
| Male (%, n) |
47.9%, 23 |
48.2%, 54 |
48.1%, 77 |
| Ethnicity |
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| White (%, n) |
73.0%, 33 |
77.5%, 79 |
76.2%, 112 |
| Black (%, n) |
8.9%, 4 |
1.0%, 1 |
3.4%, 5 |
| Chinese (%, n) |
0.0, 0 |
13.7%, 14 |
9.5%, 14 |
| South Asian (%, n) |
2.2%, 1 |
3.9%, 4 |
3.4%, 5 |
| Other Asian (%, n) |
6.7%, 3 |
2.0%, 2 |
3.4%, 5 |
| Other (%, n) |
8.9%, 4 |
2%, 2 |
4%, 6 |
| Grade |
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| Grade 1 (%, n) |
2.1%, 1 |
24.7%, 22 |
16.8%, 23 |
| Grade 2 (%, n) |
6.3%, 3 |
21.4%, 19 |
16.1%, 22 |
| Grade 3 (%, n) |
8.3%, 4 |
21.4%, 19 |
16.8%, 23 |
| Grade 4 (%, n) |
2.1%, 1 |
22.5%, 20 |
15.3%, 21 |
| Grade 5 (%, n) |
14.6%, 7 |
10.1%, 9 |
11.7%, 16 |
| Grade 6 (%, n) |
12.5%, 6 |
0.0, 0.0 |
4.4%, 6 |
| Grade 7 (%, n) |
29.2%, 14 |
0.0, 0.0 |
10.2%, 14 |
| Grade 8 (%, n) |
25%, 12 |
0.0, 0.0 |
8.8%, 12 |
| BMI z-scores (mean, SD) |
0.65, 1.14 |
0.81, 0.71 |
0.75, 0.88 |
Merchant et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-1 |
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