. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2016 May 27;12(5):e37–e40. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12156

Table 1.

Child demographics, weight status, and screen time for children with pet dogs

	Children with Pet Dog (n=370)
% Female children	45.14
% white	97.84
% privately insured	55.68
Mean Child Age (years)^a	6.72 (6.50, 6.94)
Mean Poverty level^a,b	0.15 (0.14, 0.16)
Time spent physically active with pet dog (%)
0 minutes	7.67
30 minutes	40.00
60 minutes	27.40
90 minutes	8.77
120 minutes	5.21
Over 120 minutes	10.96
% Screen time ≤ 2 hours/day	54.92
Mean BMI z-score^a	0.56 (0.43, 0.68)
BMI class^c
% Normal BMI	65.76
% Overweight	17.66
% Obese BMI	16.58

Mean (95% Confidence Interval)

Proportion of the population living below the 2013 poverty level in the child's zip code

CDC definitions for the three child BMI classes (normal, overweight, obese; overweight = BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex; obesity = BMI ≥ 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex).