Table 2. Characteristics of children and adolescents by participation or not in organized sport.
| Organized sport participation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
Boys |
Girls |
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| No | Yes | p | No | Yes | p | No | Yes | p | |
| PA guidelines (%)a | <0.001 | 0.019 | 0.315 | ||||||
| Not accomplished | 87.5 | 76.2 | 76.9 | 66.7 | 93.0 | 90.4 | |||
| Accomplished | 12.5 | 23.8 | 23.1 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 9.6 | |||
| BMI (%)a | 0.065 | 0.398 | 0.322 | ||||||
| Normal weight | 74.8 | 80.0 | 78.4 | 81.7 | 73.0 | 77.4 | |||
| Overweight | 25.2 | 20.0 | 21.6 | 18.3 | 27.0 | 22.6 | |||
| Sedentary time (M±SD min/day) a | 563.4±105.8 | 557.9±98.6 | 0.304 | 544.3±118.0 | 550.2±124.4 | 0.979 | 573.8±107.0 | 567.8±82.5 | 0.830 |
| PA intensity (M±SD min/day) b | 251.7±109.3 | 245.6±93.8 | 0.451 | 259.2±114.1 | 254.9±103.4 | 0.917 | 247.8±106.6 | 232.4±75.6 | 0.098 |
| LPA | 30.0±20.2 | 36.6±21.6 | <0.001 | 37.9±22.8 | 41.3±23.5 | 0.015 | 25.9±17.3 | 29.6±16.1 | 0.020 |
| MPA | 2.5±3.5 | 4.1±5.3 | <0.001 | 3.9±4.8 | 5.0±6.2 | 0.002 | 1.8±2.3 | 2.8±3.1 | <0.001 |
| VPA | 32.5±22.6 | 40.7±25.4 | <0.001 | 41.8±26.3 | 46.3±28.0 | 0.006 | 27.7±18.7 | 32.4±18.1 | 0.007 |
| MVPA | |||||||||
PA, physical activity; LPA, light physical activity; MPA, moderate physical activity; VPA, vigorous physical activity; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity.
a
Tested by Chi-square.
b
Tested by ANCOVA. Analyses were adjusted for age.