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. 2016 May 25;9(Suppl 1):1–376. doi: 10.1159/000446744

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics
Total (n = 476)
NW (n = 357)
OW/OB (n = 106)
P-value
Age (years) 3.89 ± 0.69 3.91 ± 0.67 3.83 ± 0.75 0.13





Gender





Boys, n (%) 251 (52.7) 190 (75.7) 56 (22.3) 0.94





Girls, n (%) 225 (47.3) 167 (74.2) 50 (22.2)





Body composition





Body mass index (kg/m2) 16.02 ± 1.35 15.49 ± 0.86 17.82 ± 1.14 <0.001





Waist circumference (cm) 51.85 ± 3.52 5 0.89 ± 2.96 55.07 ± 3.4 <0.001





Skinfold thickness (mm) 25.97 ± 5.53 2 4.78 ± 4.63 29.84 ± 6.49 <0.001





Socioeconomic/cultural





ISEI 61.85 ± 15.9 6 1.80 ± 15.68 61.80 ± 17.39 0.73





Maternal/early life





Birth weight (kg) 3.29 ± 0.55 3.27 ± 0.55 3.40 ± 0.52 0.04





Maternal BMI (kg/m2) 22.65 ± 3.81 2 2.45 ± 3.70 23.47 ± 4.23 0.02





Physical activity





TPA (cpm) 621.52 ± 153.6 617.90 ± 144.91 634.03 ± 174.72 0.51





LPA (min/d) 354.34 ± 46.34 353.27 ± 46.26 357.03 ± 46.27 0.56





MPA (min/d) 40.25 ± 20.37 3 9.57 ± 18.73 42.69 ± 24.48 0.33





MVPA (min/d) 45.42 ± 23.2 4 4.69 ± 21.17 47.99 ± 28.31 0.39





VPA (min/d) 5.17 ± 5.51 5.11 ± 5.12 5.31 ± 6.54 0.85





SED (min/d) 365.81 ± 56.41 368.21 ± 55.06 357.86 ± 59.14 0.12

Data are shown per changes in 100cpm and per 10min intervals for the time in the respective intensities. NW= normal weight; OW= overweight; OB= obese; ISEI= international socio-economic index; BMI= body mass index; TPA= total physical activity; LPA= light physical activity; MPA= moderate physical activity; MVPA= moderate-and-vigorous physical activity; VPA= vigorous physical activity; SED= sedentary time; cpm= counts per minute; min/d= minutes per day.