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. 2015 Mar 18;10(3):e0119607. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119607

Table 1. Characteristics of the sample among Chinese college students.

Total Male(n = 1973) Female(n = 2774) p value
Age 19.24±1.41 19.26±1.40 19.22±1.41 0.000
BMI 20.35±2.54 21.18±2.91 19.76±2.04 0.000
Residential background 0.262
 Rural 2680(56.5) 1095(55.5) 1585(57.1)
 Urban 2067(43.5) 878(44.5) 1189(42.9)
Perceived family economy 0.089
 Low 1490(31.4) 651(33.0) 839(30.2)
 Medium 3032(63.9) 1237(62.7) 1795(64.7)
 High 225(4.7) 85(4.3) 140(5.0)
Perceived study burden 0.000
 Low 2238(47.1) 874(44.3) 1364(49.2)
 Medium 2458(51.8) 1063(53.9) 1395(50.3)
 High 51(1.1) 36(1.8) 15(0.5)
ST 0.387
 ≤2h/day 3758(79.2) 1550(78.6) 2208(79.6)
 >2h/day 989(20.8) 423(21.4) 566(20.4)
PA 0.000
 Low 4381(92.3) 1688(85.6) 2693(97.1)
 High 366(7.7) 285(14.4) 81(2.9)
PA rank 0.000
 Low 3266(68.8) 1123(56.9) 2143(77.3)
 Medium 966(20.3) 466(23.6) 500(18.0)
 High 515(10.8) 384(19.5) 131(4.7)
Anxiety 772(16.3) 344(17.4) 428(15.4) 0.065
Depression 754(15.9) 320(16.2) 434(15.6) 0.594
Psychopathological symptoms 823(17.3) 373(18.9) 450(16.2) 0.016
Poor sleep 464(9.8) 181(9.2) 283(10.2) 0.240

Values are presented as mean±SD or number(percentage) when appropriate.

BMI: body mass index. ST: screen time. PA: physical activity.