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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of pupils: intervention group and control group

From: A primary-school-based study to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity – the EdAl (Educació en Alimentació) study: a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention group (n = 1,222)

Control group (n = 717)

 

Total (%)

Total (%)

Ethnicity

  

Western European

76.2

80.4

Eastern Europeana

4.2

4.3

Latin American

7.4

10.7

North African (Arab origin)

10.6

2.7

Sub-Sahara African

0.4

0.1

East Asian (Chinese origin)

1.1

1.3

Indian

0.1

0.4

North American

0.0

0.1

Breastfeeding b

  

0–1 month

66.5

65.2

1–3 months

7.9

6.9

3–6 months

12.5

12.7

>6 months

13.1

15.3

Father’s education level b

  

Less than high school

3.3

1.2

High school

42.3

36.5

Technical training

36.5

38.9

Non-university higher education

1.3

1.4

University degree

16.6

22.1

Mother’s education level b

  

Less than high school

3.1

1.6

High school

38.7

31.6

Technical training

37.1

39.6

Non-university higher education

1.1

2.2

University degree

20.1

24.9

  1. aEastern European includes Russia and newly independent states (former USSR). bData on maternal breastfeeding were solicited as this could be a possible confounding variable, as was the level of parental education.