Table 4. Percentage of compliance with different recommendations for MVPA and VPA, according to sex, and central obesity.
| All participants | Boys | Girls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 360 | n = 176 | n = 184 | |||||||||
| n | % | p * | n | % | p * | n | % | p * | p † | ||
| RecMVPA-WHO | 290 | 80.6 | 153 | 86.9 | 137 | 74.5 | 0.003 | ||||
| Central obesity | 56 | 66.7 | 0.001 | 32 | 72.7 | 0.006 | 24 | 60.0 | 0.027 | ||
| Non-central obesity | 202 | 83.5 | 101 | 90.2 | 101 | 77.7 | |||||
| RecMVPA | 229 | 63.6 | 137 | 77.8 | 92 | 50.0 | <0.001 | ||||
| Central obesity | 37 | 44.0 | <0.001 | 26 | 59.1 | 0.003 | 11 | 27.5 | 0.002 | ||
| Non-central obesity | 164 | 67.8 | 92 | 82.1 | 72 | 55.4 | |||||
| RecVPA-15 | 151 | 41.9 | 113 | 64.2 | 38 | 20.7 | <0.001 | ||||
| Central obesity | 27 | 32.1 | 0.045 | 21 | 47.7 | 0.004 | 6 | 15.0 | 0.420 | ||
| Non-central obesity | 108 | 44.6 | 81 | 72.3 | 27 | 20.8 | |||||
| RecVPA | 240 | 66.7 | 131 | 74.4 | 109 | 59.2 | 0.002 | ||||
| Central obesity | 39 | 46.4 | <0.001 | 24 | 54.4 | <0.001 | 15 | 37.5 | 0.002 | ||
| Non-central obesity | 177 | 73.1 | 92 | 82.1 | 85 | 65.4 | |||||
Notes:
MVPA, moderate-vigorous physical activity; VPA, vigorous physical activity; n, number of participants.
†
p value for the difference between boys and girls (chi-square), p < 0.05 in bold.
*
p, value for the difference between children with and without central obesity (chi-square), p < 0.05 in bold; RecMVPA-WHO, MVPA (mean) ≥ 60 min/day; RecMVPA, MVPA (mean) ≥ 75 min/day; RecVPA-15, VPA (mean) ≥ 15 min/day; RecVPA, VPA (mean) ≥ 12.5 min/day in boys and ≥9.5 min/day in girls.