Table 1 Descriptive data of the study sample: Children and parents from high-risk families in the Feel4Diabetes-study

Belgium

N = 420

Finland

N = 354

Spain

N = 569

Greece

N = 494

Bulgaria

N = 408

Hungary

N = 261

All countries

N = 2,506

P-value

Mean age (SD) in years

8.0 (0.93)

8.7 (0.95)

7.8 (0.96)

7.8 (0.89)

8.3 (0.93)

8.8 (1.03)

8.1 (1.01)

< 0.001 Gr, Sp < Be < Bu < Fi, Hu

% girls

48.1

53.4

49.9

51.0

50.4

56.3

51.1

0.53

% Overweight/obese (> 25 kg/m²)

21.1

26.6

30.5

38.1

25.1

34.6

29.4

< 0.001 Be < Bu, Fi < Sp < Hu < Gr

% low family SES

35.6

27.1

5.7

55.9

18.6

67.2

32.8

< 0.001

% medium family SES

30.1

31.1

28.4

26.7

33.7

18.9

28.6

% high family SES

34.2

41.8

65.9

17.4

47.8

13.9

38.6

Highest FINDRISC score within the family

Mean (SD)

11.9 (2.68)

12.6 (2.85)

12.1 (2.87)

12.8 (3.05)

12.5 (3.13)

13.0 (2.90)

12.4 (2.94)

NA

Range [min–max]

[9–22]

[9–21]

[9–21]

[9–22]

[9–24]

[9–22]

[9–24]

Belgium

N = 420

Finland

N = 354

Spain

N = 568

Greece

N = 594

Bulgaria

N = 404

Hungary

N = 259

All countries

N = 2,449

P-value

Mean age (SD) in years

38.7 (5.50)

40.1 (5.19)

41.5 (5.13)

41.2 (5.04)

39.3 (4.50)

37.6 (6.40)

40.1 (5.47)

< 0.001 Hu < Be, Fi, Bu < Gr, Sp

% mother/stepmother

86.1

87.3

86.3

90.0

94.7

89.0

88.8

NA

% overweight/obese (> 25 kg/m²)

61.6

84.3

72.4

66.2

51.8

83.9

66.4

< 0.001 Bu < Be < Gr < Sp < Fi, Hu

% low individual SES

43.1

30.9

7.8

64.1

24.1

71.3

38.0

< 0.001 Sp < Bu < Fi < Be < Gr < Hu

Parents’ FINDRISC-score

mean (SD)

9.7 (4.22)

10.7 (4.30)

9.6 (4.40)

10.1 (4.46)

7.6 (4.89)

10.3 (4.51)

9.6 (4.56)

NA

Range [min–max]

[0–21]

[0–21]

[0–22]

[0–22]

[0–21]

[0–20]

[0–22]

% of parents with FINDRISC-

32.1

22.1

32.1

31.0

51.3

28.0

33.1

score < 9 points