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. 2018 Dec 20;11(1):3. doi: 10.3390/nu11010003

Table 1.

General characteristics of study participants (n = 7988).

Overweight and Obesity p
No (6391) Yes (1597)
Age (years, SD) 12.1 3.3 11.2 3.2 <0.01
 6–11 years (n, %) 3100 48.5 981 61.4
 12–17 years (n, %) 3291 51.5 616 38.6
Sex (n, %) <0.01
 male 3051 47.8 948 59.4
 female 3340 52.3 649 40.6
BMI (mean, SD) 17.5 2.4 23.0 4.0 <0.01
BMI (media, IQR) 17.2 15.6, 19.2 22.7 20.1, 25.2
Household income (n, %) >0.05
 Low 1852 29.0 425 26.7
 Middle 2243 35.1 546 34.2
 high 842 13.2 242 15.2
 unknown 1453 22.7 382 24.0
Housework time/d (min, mean, SD) 16.4 18.0 14.5 17.0 <0.01
Sedentary time/d (h, media, IQR) 3.0 2.0, 4.0 3.0 2.0, 3.5 <0.01
Physical activity time/d (min, mean, SD) 63.0 36.4 62.2 33.1 >0.05
Exercise in spare time (n, %) <0.05
 Yes 3859 60.4 919 57.6
 No 2526 39.6 677 42.4
Traffic tools (n, %) <0.01
 Walk 2853 44.7 703 44.1
 Ride 925 14.5 189 11.9
 By bus 1061 16.6 235 14.7
 By car 1366 21.4 443 27.8
 Other 185 2.9 25 1.6

BMI: Body mass index; Data are shown as number (n, %) for categorical variables; and shown as mean and standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables; IQR: interquartile range, d: day, h: hour, min: minutes.