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. 2014 Jul 15;11(7):7195–7206. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110707195

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics by gender (numbers and percentages).

Boys Girls
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Age 9.1 ± 1.7 9.3 ± 1.5
Height 131.4 ± 10.5 135.4 ± 13.2
Weight 29.7 ± 7.6 31.0 ± 8.0
BMI 16.9 ± 2.4 16.6 ± 2.1
PA in morning recess n = 39 n = 29
Sedentary 7.5 ± 4.5 9.0 ± 4.4
Light PA 12.1 ± 2.8 13.7 ± 3.9
Moderate PA 1.7 ± 1.1 1.7 ± 1.1
Vigrous PA 4.7 ± 3.4 1.6 ± 1.0
PA in lunch recess n = 40 n = 29
Sedentary 2.8 ± 2.3 3.2 ± 2.2
Light PA 9.8 ± 2.0 9.8 ± 2.3
Moderate PA 1.4 ± 0.8 1.5 ± 0.8
Vigrous PA 2.1 ± 1.7 1.4 ± 1.3

PA: physical activity, SD: standard deviation, numbers in Table 1 are rounded.