| |
First tertile
|
Second tertile
|
Third tertile
|
F
|
P
MVPA
|
P
trend
|
|---|
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
|---|
|
Girls (N = 209)
|
|
Fat mass, kg
|
7.9
|
5.5*
|
6.9
|
4.4
|
6.4
|
3.9
|
1.97
|
0.142
|
0.051
|
|
Fat mass, %
|
20.1
|
8.5*
|
18.1
|
7.3
|
16.9
|
7.1
|
3.09
|
0.048
|
0.015
|
|
Fat mass index, kg · m−2
|
3.8
|
2.4*
|
3.3
|
1.9
|
3.1
|
1.8
|
2.37
|
0.096
|
0.035
|
|
Visceral adipose tissue, cm2a
|
37.3
|
27.3*
|
31.4
|
22.6
|
28.0
|
21.8
|
2.26
|
0.107
|
0.036
|
|
Boys (N = 156)
|
|
Fat mass, kg
|
7.8
|
5.8*
|
6.7
|
5.2
|
5.7
|
3.8
|
2.21
|
0.113
|
0.038
|
|
Fat mass, %
|
18.4
|
8.9*
|
16.1
|
8.3
|
15.0
|
7.0
|
2.36
|
0.092
|
0.035
|
|
Fat mass index, kg · m−2
|
3.6
|
2.4*
|
3.1
|
2.3
|
2.8
|
1.7
|
2.12
|
0.123
|
0.044
|
|
Visceral adipose tissue, cm2a
|
42.3
|
32.0*
|
34.4
|
26.5
|
28.3
|
21.0
|
2.42
|
0.092
|
0.030
|
- The cut-off points of the tertiles were 28.8 and 41.1 min · d−1 for girls and 39.8 and 51 min · d−1 for boys
-
N number of participants, SD standard deviation, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, P
MVPA
P-value for one-way analysis of variance, P
trend
P-value for linearity test
-
*Significantly different from the third tertile, Fisher’s LSD post-hoc test after one-way analysis of variance, P < 0.05
-
aValues were transformed to natural logarithms before analysis
