A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity
Table 1
Baseline demographic characteristics of study children and parents(1).
Characteristics
Parent mentor group
Community health worker group
Child age, months, mean (SD)
54.4 (7.8)
51.1 (6.9)
0.08
Child sex, % female ()‡
36.7% (11)
50.0% (15)
0.44
Parental age, years, mean (SD)
30.7 (7.6)
31.5 (6.9)
0.66
Parent sex, % female ()‡
93.3% (28)
96.7% (29)
1.00
Preferred language, % English ()‡
56.7% (17)
56.7% (17)
1.00
Parent BMI, mean (SD)
31.4 (8.3)
33.0 (6.7)
0.49
Hispanic, % ()
100% (30)
100% (30)
Household size, median (IQR)+
5.0 (1.3)
4.5 (3.0)
0.18
Income, % ()‡
0.78
Less than 10,000
30.0% (9)
30.0% (9)
10,000–25,000
30.0% (9)
43.3% (13)
25,000–50,000
10.0% (3)
6.7% (2)
Greater than 50,000
3.3% (1)
0.0% (0)
Do not know/not sure
26.7% (8)
20.0% (6)
Employment, % ()‡
0.48
Employed/self-employed
46.7% (14)
63.3% (19)
Unemployed/unable to work/student
30.0% (9)
20.0% (6)
Homemaker
23.3% (7)
16.7% (5)
Education, % ()‡
0.62
Less than high school education
43.3% (13)
46.7% (14)
High school graduate/GED
13.3% (4)
20.0% (6)
Some college or technical school/college graduate
43.3% (13)
33.3% (10)
in the parent mentor group and community health worker group at baseline. GED: General Education Development Test; BMI: body mass index. values are calculated by independent-samples -test unless otherwise noted. + denotes use of independent-samples Mann-Whitney test; ‡: Fisher’s Exact Test.
