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. 2014 Jul 25;9(7):e103559. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103559

Table 2. Sample characteristics according to gender and overall participants.

Boys Girls All pa
Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N
Age (years) 12.2 0.6 97 12.2 0.6 127 12.2 0.6 224 0.984
Measurements of cognitive function
PRM no. of correct 20.9 2.8 97 20.9 2.2 127 20.9 2.5 224 0.981
SSP span length (scale 0–9) 6.6 1.3 97 6.7 1.4 127 6.6 1.3 224 0.561
RTI five-choice (ms) 623 78 97 680 98 127 655 94 224 <0.001
RVP A’ (scale 0.00–1.00)b 0.97 0.02 97 0.97 0.03 127 0.97 0.02 224 0.946
IED no. of children who completed the test (%) 67 97 66 127 67 224 0.891
Measurements of physical activity and sedentary behavior
Objectively measured MVPA (min/day)c 60.3 22.4 89 56.9 16.9 118 58.4 19.5 207 0.231
Objectively measured sedentary time (%/day)d 66.1 5.9 89 67.9 5.1 127 67.2 5.5 207 0.013
Self-reported MVPA (d/week with ≥60 min MVPA) 5.0 1.8 95 5.0 1.5 127 5.0 1.6 222 0.923
Self-reported total screen time (h/day) 4.0 2.0 95 3.4 1.8 127 3.7 1.9 222 0.015
 TV 1.6 1.0 96 1.6 0.9 127 1.6 0.9 223 0.982
 Computer/video games 1.4 0.9 95 0.7 0.8 127 1.0 0.9 222 <0.001
 Computer use (other than playing) 1.0 0.8 96 1.1 0.8 127 1.0 0.8 223 0.244

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; PRM, Pattern Recognition Memory; SSP, Spatial Span; RTI, Reaction Time; RVP, Rapid Visual Information Processing; IED, Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift.

a

P-values for the gender differences (T-test).

b

A’ indicates the result in RVP test. The scale is 0.00–1.00, whereas 0.00 indicates a poor result and 1.00 a good result.

c

MVPA measured with the ActiGraph accelerometer using a cut-off value of 2,296 counts per minute.

d

Sedentary time measured by the ActiGraph accelerometer using a cut-off value 100 counts per minute and expressed as percentage of daily monitoring time (%/day).