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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participants, weight and physical activity status

From: Associations between accelerometer-measured physical activity and body fatness in school-aged children

 

Girls

(N = 209)

Boys

(N = 156)

Mean

SD

95% CI

Mean

SD

95% CI

Age and anthropometrics

 Age, years

9.8

1.3

9.6

to

10.0

9.9

1.2

9.7

to

10.0

 Body height, cm

142.5

8.9

141.3

to

143.7

143.8

9.4

142.3

to

145.2

 Body weight, kg

35.8

8.8

34.6

to

37.0

37.4

9.2

36.0

to

38.9

 BMI, kg · m−2

17.4

2.8

17.0

to

17.8

17.9

2.8

17.4

to

18.3

Weight status, N (% of N)a

 Underweight

9 (4)

   

8 (5)

   

 Normal weight

152 (73)

   

113 (73)

   

 Overweight

26 (12)

   

25 (16)

   

 Obesity

22 (11)

   

10 (6)

   

Physical activity

 Sedentary time, min · d−1

394.4

51.7*

387.4

to

401.5

379.3

48.5

371.6

to

386.9

 Light physical activity, min · d–1b

106.8

27.3*

103.1

to

110.5

117.0

36.2

111.2

to

122.7

 MVPA, min · d–1b

37.4

16.7*

35.1

to

39.6

46.7

21.3

43.4

to

50.1

 Vigorous physical activity, min · d–1b

5.3

6.6

4.4

to

6.2

5.2

5.9

4.3

to

6.2

 Steps per day

10 465

2 394*

10 138

to

10 791

11 176

2 949

10 709

to

11 642

Physical activity status

 Achieve ≥60 min · d−1of MVPA, N (% of N)

17 (8)

   

34 (22)

   

 Number of days with wear time ≥10 hc

6 (1)

   

6 (1)

   

 Wear time, h · d−1

12.8

0.9

12.7

to

12.9

13.0

0.9

12.9

to

13.2

  1. N number of participants, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
  2. *Significantly different from boys, independent samples t-test, P < 0.05
  3. aCategories were defined by sex- and age-specific cut-off points for BMI
  4. bValues were transformed to natural logarithms before analysis
  5. cExpressed as the median and interquartile range