Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of participants by gender.

	Total (n=973)		Boys (n=427)		Girls (n=546)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Organized sport a							<0.001
No	608	62.5	208	48.7	400	73.3
Yes	365	37.5	219	51.3	146	26.7
BMI a							0.030
Normal weight	747	76.8	342	80.1	405	74.2
Overweight	226	23.2	85	19.9	141	25.8
PA guidelines a							<0.001
Not accomplished	810	83.2	306	71.7	504	92.3
Accomplished	163	16.8	121	28.3	42	7.7
Sedentary time (min/day) b	561.3±103.0		545.6±112.5		573.6±93.50		<0.001
Total PA (min/day) b
LPA	249.5±103.8		257.0±108.6		243.7±99.5		0.051
MPA	32.5±21.0		39.7±23.2		26.8±17.0		<0.001
VPA	3.1±4.3		4.4±5.5		2.1±2.6		<0.001
MVPA	35.6±24.0		44.1±27.2		28.9±18.7		<0.001

PA, physical activity; LPA, light physical activity; MPA, moderate physical activity; VPA, vigorous physical activity; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity.

^aTested by Chi-square.

^bTestes by Mann-Whitney test.