Table 3 Baseline participant characteristics

Parent/Caregiver Characteristics

All Particitipants^a(n = 73)

Consented(n = 69)

Provided baseline sample^c(n = 63)

Provided pre and post samples^c(n = 45)

p-value

Age, years

37.0 (5.7)

37.3 (5.7)

37.3 (5.7)

38 (5.7)

0.39

Female, n (%)

64 (87.7%)

60 (87.0%)

54 (85.7%)

36 (80.0%)

0.09

Hispanic/Latino, n (%)

0.09

 Yes

3 (4.1%)

3 (4.3%)

3 (4.8%)

1 (2.3%)

 No

68 (93.2%)

65 (94.2%)

59 (93.6%)

43 (95.4%)

 Prefer not to answer

2 (2.7%)

1 (1.5%)

1 (1.6%)

1 (2.3%)

Race, n (%)

0.18

 White or Caucasian Only

31 (42.3%)

31 (44.9%)

30 (47.6%)

23 (51.1%)

 Black or African American Only

30 (41.1%)

27 (39.1%)

22 (34.9%)

14 (31.1%)

 Mixed

5 (6.8%)

5 (7.2%)

5 (7.9%)

3 (6.7%)

 Other^b

3 (4.1%)

3 (4.3%)

3 (4.8%)

3 (6.7%)

 Don’t Know/Prefer not to answer

4 (5.5%)

3 (4.3%)

3 (4.8%)

2 (4.4%)

Marital Status, n (%)

0.04

 Married

35 (47.9%)

34 (49.3%)

33 (52.4%)

26 (57.8%)

 Never Married

17 (23.3%)

14 (20.3%)

13 (20.6%)

9 (20.0%)

 Divorced/Separated

10 (13.7%)

10 (14.5%)

7 (11.1%)

5 (11.1%)

 Member of an Unmarried Couple

11 (15.1%)

11 (15.9%)

10 (15.9%)

5 (11.1%)

Education, n (%)

0.75

 College Graduate

38 (52.1%)

37 (53.6%)

34 (54.0%)

25 (55.6%)

 Some College/Technical School

30 (41.1%)

28 (40.6%)

25 (39.7%)

17 (37.8%)

 High School Graduate/GED

5 (6.8%)

4 (5.8%)

4 (6.3%)

3 (6.7%)

Employment, n (%)

0.93

 Employed

53 (72.6%)

50 (72.5%)

46 (73.0%)

33 (73.3%)

 Unemployed/Unable to work

8 (11.0%)

7 (10.1%)

7 (11.1%)

5 (11.1%)

 Self Employed

8 (11.0%)

8 (11.6%)

7 (11.1%)

5 (11.1%)

 Other/Student

4 (5.5%)

4 (5.8%)

3 (4.8%)

2 (4.4%)

Household Income, n (%)

0.23

 ≥$75,000

20 (27.4%)

20 (29.0%)

20 (31.7%)

17 (37.8%)

 $50,000 to $74,999

15 (20.5%)

13 (18.8%)

12 (19.0%)

8 (17.8%)

 $25,000 to $49,999

22 (30.1%)

21 (30.4%)

18 (28.6%)

12 (26.7%)

 $10,000 to $24,999

7 (9.6%)

7 (10.1%)

5 (7.9%)

3 (6.7%)

 ≤$9,999

4 (5.5%)

3 (4.3%)

3 (4.8%)

1 (2.2%)

Don’t Know/Prefer not to answer

5 (6.8%)

5 (7.2%)

5 (7.9%)

4 (8.9%)

Number of Children in Household, 18 and under, n (%)

0.34

 One

17 (23.3%)

16 (23.2%)

14 (22.2%)

7 (15.5%)

 Two

35 (47.9%)

32 (46.4%)

31 (49.2%)

26 (57.8%)

 Three or more

21 (28.8%)

21 (30.4%)

18 (28.6%)

12 (26.7%)

Participating Adult Relationship to Child, n (%)

0.30

 Mother

63 (86.3%)

59 (85.5%)

53 (84.1%)

35 (77.8%)

 Father

9 (12.3%)

9 (13.0%)

9 (14.3%)

9 (20.0%)

 Other

1 (1.4%)

1 (1.4%)

1 (1.6%)

1 (2.2%)

Participating Adult is the Nutrition Gatekeeper, n (%)

72 (98.6%)

68 (98.6%)

62 (98.4%)

44 (97.8%)

0.89

Intervention Arm, n (%)

0.83

 Intervention

37 (50.7%)

35 (50.7%)

33 (52.4%)

23 (51.1%)

 Control

36 (49.3%)

34 (49.3%)

30 (47.6%)

22 (48.9%)

Child Characteristics

Overall (n = 73)

Consented (n = 71)

Provided baseline sample (n = 68)

Provided pre/post samples (n = 46)

p-value

Age, years

8.8 (0.46)

8.8 (0.46)

8.8 (0.45)

8.8 (0.46)

0.51

Female, n (%)

44 (60.3%)

43 (60.6%)

42 (61.8%)

27 (58.7%)

0.66

Race, n (%)

0.10

 White or Caucasian Only

27 (37.0%)

27 (38.0%)

27 (39.7%)

21 (45.7%)

 Black or African American Only

31 (42.5%)

29 (40.8%)

26 (38.2%)

15 (32.6%)

 Mixed

9 (12.3%)

9 (12.7%)

9 (13.2%)

6 (13.0%)

 Other*

3 (4.1%)

3 (4.2%)

3 (4.4%)

3 (6.5%)

 Don’t Know/Prefer not to answer

3 (4.1%)

3 (4.2%)

3 (4.4%)

1 (2.2%)

BMI Percentile

65.5 (28.5)

66.5 (28.3)

65.6 (28.5)

64.4 (28.3)

0.63

Intervention Arm, n (%)

0.94

 Intervention

37 (50.7%)

36 (50.7%)

35 (51.5%)

24 (52.2%)

 Control

36 (49.3%)

35 (49.3%)

33 (48.5%)

22 (47.8%)