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. 2023 Aug 12;23:1535. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16461-6

Table 1.

Participant characteristics by cluster

Overall (n = 1183) Cluster 1 (n = 213) Cluster 2 (n = 388) Cluster 3 (n = 280) Cluster 4 (n = 302) p-value
Age, y 12.5 (0.4) 12.6 (0.5)a 12.5 (0.4) 12.5 (0.4) 12.5 (0.4)a 0.016
Gender, % girls 597 (50.5%) 100 (46.9%) 234 (60.3%) 117 (41.8%) 146 (48.3%)  < 0.001
Parental origin
 Spanish 799 (67.5%) 143 (67.1%) 273 (70.4%) 179 (63.9%) 204 (67.5%) 0.409
 Migrant background 371 (31.4%) 68 (31.9%) 112 (28.9%) 95 (33.9%) 96 (31.8%)
 Unknown 13 (1.1%) 2 (0.9%) 3 (0.8%) 6 (2.1%) 2 (0.7%)
Parental education level
 Low 213 (18.0%) 63 (29.6%) 55 (14.2%) 36 (12.9%) 59 (19.5%)  < 0.001
 Medium 484 (40.9%) 97 (45.5%) 159 (41.0%) 131 (46.8%) 97 (32.1%)
 High 474 (40.1%) 51 (23.9%) 172 (44.3%) 108 (38.6%) 143 (47.4%)
 Unknown 12 (1.0%) 2 (0.9%) 2 (0.5%) 5 (1.8%) 3 (1.0%)
Household income
 Low 381 (32.2%) 89 (41.8%) 116 (29.9%) 90 (32.1%) 86 (28.5%)  < 0.001
 Medium 367 (31.0%) 74 (34.7%) 121 (31.2%) 96 (34.3%) 76 (25.2%)
 High 420 (35.5%) 49 (23.0%) 148 (38.1%) 88 (31.4%) 135 (44.7%)
 Unknown 15 (1.3%) 1 (0.5%) 3 (0.8%) 6 (2.1%) 5 (1.7%)
Lifestyle variables
 Vegetables, times/week 7.8 (7.5) 5.5 (5.7)a 6.6 (5.4)b 6.9 (6.1)c 11.9 (10.2)a,b,c  < 0.001
 Fruit, times/week 7.5 (7.3) 5.7 (6.7)a 6.5 (6.4)b 6.9 (6.7)c 10.4 (8.3)a,b,c  < 0.001
 Fast food, times/week 2.7 (3.6) 3.6 (4.4)a,d,e 2.5 (3.2)d 2.7 (3.4)e 2.4 (3.6)a  < 0.001
 Sweetened drinks, times/week 4.5 (7.4) 7.3 (10.6)a,d,e 4.0 (6.5)d 3.9 (6.9)e 3.6 (5.7)a  < 0.001
 Sweets, times/week 8.9 (9.8) 11.7 (12.4)a,d,e 8.2 (7.8)d 8.5 (10.6)e 8.0 (9.1)a  < 0.001
 Step counts/day, × 1000 12.0 (2.4) 11.9 (2.1)a,d,e 10.0 (1.4)b,d,f 13.5 (2.0)e,f 13.3 (1.9)a,b  < 0.001
 Sleep time, h/day 7.7 (0.8) 7.8 (0.7)a,d,e 8.0 (0.6)d,f 6.8 (0.6)c,e,f 8.1 (0.6)a,c  < 0.001
 Screen time, h/day 3.9 (1.5) 6.3 (1.0)a,d,e 3.3 (0.9)b,d,f 3.8 (1.0)c,e,f 3.0 (0.9)a,b,c  < 0.001
Nutritional status
 Underweight 35 (3.0%) 11 (5.2%) 12 (3.1%) 5 (1.8%) 7 (2.3%) 0.011
 Normal weight 830 (70.2%) 139 (65.6%) 279 (71.9%) 187 (66.8%) 225 (74.5%)
 Overweight 204 (17.3%) 34 (16.0%) 73 (18.8%) 51 (18.2%) 46 (15.2%)
 Obesity 113 (9.6%) 28 (13.2%) 24 (6.2%) 37 (13.2%) 24 (7.9%)

Cluster 1-higher screen time and poorer diet; Cluster 2-lower activity and longer sleepers; Cluster 3-active and shorter sleepers; and Cluster 4-healthiest

Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables or as frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. p-values for cluster differences were calculated by ANOVA or chi-square test, as appropriate. Significant differences between clusters after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.05) are presented in bold: a, Cluster 1 vs Cluster 4; b, Cluster 2 vs Cluster 4; c, Cluster 3 vs Cluster 4; d, Cluster 1 vs Cluster 2; e, Cluster 1 vs Cluster 3; f, Cluster 2 vs Cluster 3. Migrant background was assumed when at least one of the parents was born outside Spain. Parental education level was categorized according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). Household income was categorized based on the average annual household income in Spain in 2016 (26,730 €). Nutritional status was defined according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) standards