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. 2026 Oct 7;23(1):1603. doi: 10.1186/s12982-026-02827-9

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of continuous variables (median, Q1 and Q3) with comparison by region using Kruskal-Wallis

Median (Q1, Q3)
City of Zagreb Adriatic region Northern region Pannonian region Total sample p-value
Total (n) 1138 1787 1129 1383 5438
Age (years) 9.02 (8.48, 9.56) 9.02 (8.49, 9.51) 9.07 (8.56, 9.54) 9.06 (8.54, 9.52) 9.04 (8.51, 9.53) 0.022
Active play, weekdays (h) 1.81 (1.00, 2.00) 2.00 (1.00, 2.50) 1.50 (1.00, 2.00) 2.00 (1.00, 2.50) 2.00 (1.00, 2.50) < 0.001
Active play, weekends (h) 3.00 (2.00, 4.00) 4.00 (2.50, 5.00) 3.00 (2.00, 4.00) 3.00 (2.00, 5.00) 3.00 (2.00, 4.50) < 0.001
Screen time, weekdays (h) 1.00 (1.00, 2.00) 1.00 (1.00, 2.00) 1.50 (1.00, 2.00) 1.50 (1.00, 2.00) 1.00 (1.00, 2.00) < 0.001
Screen time, weekends (h) 2.00 (2.00, 3.00) 2.00 (1.50, 3.00) 2.50 (2.00, 3.00) 2.50 (2.00, 3.00) 2.00 (2.00, 3.00) < 0.001
Time spent learning (h) 1.28 (1.00, 1.93) 1.57 (1.00, 2.00) 1.72 (1.22, 2.14) 1.72 (1.10, 2.00) 1.57 (1.00, 2.00) < 0.001
Sleep duration (h) 9.75 (9.50, 10.10) 10.00 (9.50, 10.25) 9.88 (9.50, 10.25) 10.00 (9.50, 10.25) 9.92 (9.50, 10.25) < 0.001