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. 2014 Aug 7;14:803. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-803

Table 2.

School playground outdoor environment predictors (sum) and relative MVPA (mean): A. yearly predictors and B. seasonal predictors

Art grass 1 Forest 2 City 3 Hill 4
A. yearly data School outdoor area (m2) 24890 23482 13273 26613
Outer limit of surface used for play (m2) 2nd grade 13915 9068 6562 12942
Outer limit of surface used for play (m2) 5th grade 16592 12358 10111 12942
Ball play area (m2) 5850 2800 2290 3075
Green area (m2) 1720 7500 2200 2700
Fixed equipment (sum) 13 14 16 17
Outdoor pedagogical approach No Yes No No
Percent in MVPA of the outdoor time (mean) 54.8 52.0 42.4 42.7
B. seasonal data Temperature (°C) 15,9/-3,2/15,3 14/-4,3/15,3 13,1/3,3/14,8 13,1/3,3/14,8
Sept/March/May Weather conditions (index median)* 2/3/4 3/2/2 3/2/2 3/2/2
Used play area (% of playground) 2nd grade 79/72/59 95/41/95 76/82/78 41/41/52
Used play area (% of playground) 5th grade 36/51/42 97/60/93 59/64/40 17/26/23
Outdoor stay time (min) 2nd grade 123/82/120 84/78/123 109/129/137 123/111/124
Outdoor stay time (min) 5th grade 76/42/49 73/109/58 51/98/71 102/81/110
Outdoor stay time (min) 8th grade NA/6/14 24/11/46 22/28/11 30/11/28
Percent in MVPA of the outdoor time (mean) 55.6/52.4/56.4 56.2/47.6/51.9 52.3/30.4/44.2 45.9/40.9/41.2

*Weather index: 1 = cloudless, 2 = partly cloudy, 3 = white cloudiness, 4 = grey cloudiness, 5 = precipitation.