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. 2019 Aug 29;16(17):3151. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173151

Table 2.

Compliance with MVPA, screen time, and sleep duration recommendations and combinations of these recommendations by sex.

Total (n = 173) Boys (n = 79) Girls (n = 94) x2(df)/V
Physical activity
Meeting MVPA recommendations (%) 37 (21.4%) 25 (31.6%) 12 (12.8%) 9.100(1) **/0.229
Sedentary screen time
Meeting TV guidelines
(≤2 h per day) (%)
79 (45.7%) 39 (49.4%) 40 (42.6%) 0.803(1)/0.068
Meeting video games guidelines
(≤2 h per day) (%)
132 (76.3%) 51 (64.4%) 81 (86.2%) 11.809(1) **/0.253
Meeting computer guidelines
(≤2 h per day) (%)
139 (80.3%) 64 (81%) 75 (79.8%) 0.041(1)/0.015
Meeting mobile phone guidelines
(≤2 h per day) (%)
101 (58.4%) 48 (60.8%) 53 (56.4%) 0.338(1)/0.044
Meeting all total screen time recommendations (%) 3 (1.7%) 2 (2.5%) 1 (1.1%) 0.543(1)/0.056
Sleep duration
Meeting sleep duration recommendations (%) 154 (89%) 67 (84.8%) 87 (92.6%) 2.632(1)/0.123
Meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement guidelines (PA, screen time, and sleep duration)
Not meeting recommendations (%) 15 (8.7%) 9 (11.4%) 6 (6.4%) 9.768(3) **/0.238
Meeting exclusively one recommendation (%) 125 (72.3%) 48 (60.8%) 77 (81.9%)
Meeting exclusively two recommendations (%) 30 (17.3%) 20 (25.3%) 10 (10.6%)
Meeting three recommendations (%) 3 (1.7%) 2 (2.5%) 1 (1.1%)

Note: MVPA = Moderate to vigorous physical activity; TV = Television; * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01.