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. 2015 Dec;105(12):e19–e25. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302835

TABLE 3—

Self-Reported Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors at Baseline and Annual Follow-Up Among School Children in 2 Communities: Project Healthy Schools, Michigan, 2005–2010

First Follow-Up, Mean
Second Follow-Up, Mean
Third Follow-Up, Mean
Fourth Follow-Up, Mean
Variable Baseline Follow-Up Baseline Follow-Up Baseline Follow-Up Baseline Follow-Up
Ann Arbor schools
Sample size 740 672 739 739 263 263 252 252
Physical Activities
 20-min vigorous physical activity, sessions/wk 4.61 4.95*** 4.61 4.76 4.54 4.85 4.48 4.65
 30-min moderate physical activity, sessions/wk 3.49 3.94*** 3.47 4.08*** 3.48 4.22*** 3.5 3.72
 School sports team, no. of teams 1.15 1.61*** 1.13 1.32*** 1.25 1.45* 1.23 1.20
Sedentary activities
 TV time, h/d 1.56 1.52 1.59 1.55 1.43 1.47 1.43 1.34
 Computer time, h/d 1.07 1.13 1.06 1.29*** 0.95 1.36*** 0.93 1.32***
 Video games time, h/d 0.80 0.70** 0.80 0.67** 0.67 0.54** 0.66 0.52*
Ypsilanti schools
Sample size 230 225 223 223 143 143 50 50
Physical Activities
 20 min vigorous physical activity, sessions/wk 3.99 4.29 3.94 4.04 3.97 3.63 3.92 3.56
 30 min moderate physical activity, sessions/wk 3.25 3.60 3.22 3.22 3.21 3.26 3.38 2.88
 School sports team, no. of teams 0.57 0.65 0.58 1.02*** 0.56 0.85** 0.56 1.04**
Sedentary activities
 TV time, h/d 2.71 2.42* 2.7 2.57 2.82 2.33*** 3.15 2.34**
 Computer time, h/d 1.35 1.38 1.35 1.53 1.45 1.60 1.65 1.56
 Video games time, h/d 1.43 1.45 1.43 1.19* 1.33 1.07* 1.72 1.20*

Note. P values indicate that there is a significant difference between a follow-up and the baseline. Each comparison included only those students who were available at the time of follow-up.

*P ≤ .05; **P ≤ .01; ***P ≤ .001.