Table 3.
Correlations between %BF and time of sedentary activity in hours/week and between %BF and time of physical activity in minutes/week grouped by gender, according to the nutritional status of school children in Uberaba (MG).
| Groups | N | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | R | p | R | p | |
| %BF x Sedentary Activity | ||||||
| Overweight | 68 | 127 | 0.402 | 0.001 | 0.251 | 0.004 |
| Obese | 84 | 85 | 0.104 | 0.347 | 0.081 | 0.460 |
| %BF x Physical Activity | ||||||
| Overweight | 68 | 127 | -0.75 | 0.543 | 0.023 | 0.795 |
| Obese | 84 | 85 | 0.114 | 0.302 | 0.04 | 0.716 |
Spearman’s Correlation, level of significance p≤0.05.