Table 2.
Total | Boys | Girls | Differences of steps per day between boys and girls | |||||||||||
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Grade | Age | n | Mean steps per day | 95 % CI | n | Mean steps per day | 95 % CI | n | Mean steps per day | 95 % CI | p value | d | ||
All grades | 15471 | 10338 | 10281–10395 | 7786 | 11262 | 11173–11351 | 7685 | 9402 | 9336–9468 | 1860 | <0.001 | 0.513 | ||
Primary school | 1 | 6–7 | 1564 | 11659 | 11504–11813 | 802 | 12575 | 12369–12781 | 762 | 10694 | 10482–10906 | 1881 | <0.001 | 0.602 |
2 | 7–8 | 1548 | 11641 | 11475–11806 | 772 | 12714 | 12491–12936 | 776 | 10573 | 10352–10795 | 2141 | <0.001 | 0.644 | |
3 | 8–9 | 1565 | 11573 | 11406–11740 | 768 | 12736 | 12512–12961 | 797 | 10452 | 10232–10673 | 2284 | <0.001 | 0.677 | |
4 | 9–10 | 1615 | 11336 | 11169–11503 | 828 | 12596 | 12381–12811 | 787 | 10010 | 9790–10231 | 2586 | <0.001 | 0.758 | |
5 | 10–11 | 1591 | 10908 | 10740–11077 | 795 | 12302 | 12085–12519 | 796 | 9517 | 9300–9734 | 2785 | <0.001 | 0.815 | |
6 | 11–12 | 1656 | 10612 | 10444–10781 | 853 | 12021 | 11807–12234 | 803 | 9117 | 8896–9337 | 2904 | <0.001 | 0.831 | |
Junior high school | 1 | 12–13 | 1715 | 9674 | 9497–9850 | 877 | 10218 | 9974–10462 | 838 | 9104 | 8855–9353 | 1114 | <0.001 | 0.299 |
2 | 13–14 | 1529 | 9273 | 9092–9455 | 783 | 9830 | 9580–10080 | 746 | 8689 | 8433–8946 | 1141 | <0.001 | 0.316 | |
3 | 14–15 | 1632 | 7887 | 7743–8031 | 816 | 8337 | 8136–8538 | 816 | 7437 | 7236–7638 | 900 | <0.001 | 0.304 | |
High school | 1 | 15–16 | 374 | 8485 | 8147–8824 | 177 | 8583 | 8091–9075 | 197 | 8398 | 7932–8864 | 185 | 0.592 | |
2 | 16–17 | 374 | 8152 | 7828–8477 | 161 | 8322 | 7827–8816 | 213 | 8025 | 7595–8454 | 297 | 0.373 | ||
3 | 17–18 | 308 | 8032 | 7692–8373 | 154 | 7935 | 7452–8417 | 154 | 8130 | 7647–8612 | −195 | 0.574 | ||
(subclassification) | ||||||||||||||
Primary school | 1–3 | 6–9 | 4677 | 11624 | 11530–11718 | 2342 | 12674 | 12542–12806 | 2335 | 10571 | 10439–10703 | 2103 | <0.001 | 0.642 |
4–6 | 9–12 | 4862 | 10950 | 10853–11047 | 2476 | 12303 | 12175–12432 | 2386 | 9545 | 9414–9676 | 2758 | <0.001 | 0.798 | |
1–6 | 6–12 | 9539 | 11280 | 11212–11348 | 4818 | 12483 | 12382–12584 | 4721 | 10053 | 9977–10129 | 2430 | <0.001 | 0.718 | |
Junior high school | 1–3 | 12–15 | 4876 | 8950 | 8851–9049 | 2476 | 9476 | 9347–9604 | 2400 | 8408 | 8278–8539 | 1068 | <0.001 | 0.302 |
High school | 1–3 | 15–18 | 1056 | 8235 | 8042–8428 | 492 | 8294 | 8007–8582 | 564 | 8184 | 7915–8452 | 110 | 0.575 |
Differences between boys and girls tested with independent t-tests and Cohen’s ds were calculated to assess the size of intergroup differences