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. 2011 Jun 25;8:66. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-66

Table 1.

Pedometer-determined steps/day and parent-reported television watching on a typical school day, Canadian boys and girls age 5-19 years

Pedometer (weekly) 95% CI Pedometer (week days) 95% CI TV watching 95% CI
Mean Steps/day Lower Upper N Mean Steps/day Lower Upper N Mean Minutes Lower Upper N
Boys

5 to 9 years 12813 12586 13040 2094 13135 12905 13365 2092 35 32 37 2004
10 to 13 years 12845 12588 13103 1961 13341 13088 13594 1953 40 38 43 1883
14 to 19 years 11173 10908 11439 1894 11473 11212 11734 1890 43 40 47 1799

< Secondary 11528 10958 12099 447 11968 11381 12555 446 46 38 55 418
Secondary 11824 11498 12151 1275 12272 11932 12612 1270 42 38 46 1213
College, trades 12415 12134 12695 1903 12686 12421 12950 1900 40 37 44 1830
University 12508 12244 12772 2238 12891 12627 13155 2234 36 34 39 2174

Healthy weight 12235 12008 12463 2662 12591 12371 12812 2655 37 35 40 2562
Overweight 12162 11792 12532 825 12625 12243 13007 823 40 35 44 794
Obese 11518 11048 11987 543 11741 11257 12225 541 47 41 53 523

Girls

5 to 9 years 11738 11529 11948 2029 11995 105 11790 12201 32 29 34 1963
10 to 13 years 11265 11040 11491 1917 11701 117 11472 11931 39 36 42 1844
14 to 19 years 9717 9497 9937 1763 10092 114 9868 10316 38 34 41 1675

< Secondary 9791 9319 10263 477 10229 242 9754 10704 47 40 55 450
Secondary 10565 10280 10851 1298 10917 141 10641 11193 38 35 42 1255
College, trades 11078 10816 11340 1778 11345 133 11084 11605 37 34 40 1723
University 11194 10975 11412 2086 11590 114 11366 11814 31 28 33 2019

Healthy weight 10859 10681 11036 2780 11212 92 11032 11393 34 32 36 2674
Overweight 10807 10411 11203 591 11248 200 10856 11641 42 36 47 570
Obese 10722 10131 11313 442 10975 277 10433 11517 45 38 51 426