Table 1.
Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristic of the Cork Children’s Lifestyle Study population by energy reporting†
| Factor | Total population* | Plausible** energy reporters | Under-reporters** | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| 1068 | 717 | 68·0 | 337 | 32·0 | |||
| SSB consumption** | |||||||
| Non-consumer | 225 | 21·4 | 130 | 18·2 | 95 | 28·2 | |
| Low consumer, ≤200 ml/d | 339 | 32·2 | 208 | 29·1 | 131 | 38·9 | |
| High consumer, >200 ml/d | 489 | 46·4 | 378 | 52·8 | 111 | 32·9 | 0.000 |
| Child characteristics | |||||||
| Weight category | |||||||
| Normal | 797 | 74·6 | 586 | 81·7 | 201 | 59·6 | |
| Overweight/obese | 271 | 25·4 | 131 | 18·3 | 136 | 40·4 | 0·000 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Boy | 620 | 58·1 | 427 | 59·6 | 184 | 54·6 | |
| Girl | 448 | 42·0 | 290 | 40·5 | 153 | 45·4 | 0·129 |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 8–9 | 560 | 52·4 | 379 | 52·9 | 175 | 51·9 | |
| 10–11 | 508 | 47·6 | 338 | 47·1 | 162 | 48·1 | 0·778 |
| Parent-reported child TV viewing | |||||||
| <1 h/d | 224 | 22·1 | 158 | 23·1 | 63 | 19·3 | |
| 1–3 h/d | 614 | 60·4 | 405 | 59·3 | 207 | 63·5 | |
| >3 h/d | 178 | 17·5 | 120 | 17·6 | 56 | 17·2 | 0·346 |
| Child-reported TV viewing | |||||||
| <1 h/d | 516 | 48·9 | 341 | 48·0 | 168 | 50·0 | |
| 1–3 h/d | 401 | 37·9 | 266 | 37·4 | 131 | 39·0 | |
| >3 h/d | 138 | 13·0 | 101 | 14·2 | 36 | 10·7 | 0·464 |
| Meeting MVPA targets‡ | |||||||
| Yes | 183 | 22·2 | 139 | 24·9 | 43 | 16·7 | |
| No | 643 | 77·9 | 421 | 75·2 | 215 | 83·3 | 0·009 |
| Parent-reported family takeaways | |||||||
| <Once per week | 847 | 84·8 | 570 | 84·8 | 270 | 84·4 | |
| ≥Once per week | 152 | 15·2 | 102 | 15·2 | 50 | 15·6 | 0·855 |
| Parental characteristics | |||||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Irish | 828 | 87·2 | 575 | 89·0 | 247 | 82·9 | |
| Other | 122 | 12·8 | 71 | 11·0 | 51 | 17·1 | 0·009 |
| Family type | |||||||
| Single-parent | 198 | 18·5 | 127 | 18·9 | 67 | 20·7 | |
| Two-parent | 803 | 75·2 | 544 | 81·1 | 257 | 79·3 | 0·513 |
| Parental education | |||||||
| Primary/lower secondary only | 106 | 10·8 | 68 | 10·4 | 34 | 10·7 | |
| Higher secondary | 189 | 19·3 | 123 | 18·8 | 65 | 20·4 | |
| Certificate/diploma | 283 | 28·9 | 193 | 29·5 | 90 | 28·3 | |
| Tertiary | 401 | 41·0 | 271 | 41·4 | 129 | 40·6 | 0·928 |
SSB, sugar sweetened beverage.
*
Excludes n 7; no BMI data.
**
Excludes n 15; no food diary data.
†
P-value is the association between factors and energy reporting.
‡
Total study population is 1075, however data presented in this table relate only for children with measured BMI data. Children missing data were excluded from this table (n 7). Data presented for participants with valid objectively measured accelerometry data only.