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. 2019 Jan 4;110(2):198–209. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0165-z

Table 2.

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference at interview by daily movement behaviours (physical activity, screen time, and sleep)

Number (%) Body mass index (BMI), N (%) p value Waist circumference, N (%) p value
Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2) Low risk (men ≤ 102 cm and women ≤ 88 cm) High risk (men > 102 cm and women > 88 cm)
All 754 (100) 137 (18.2) 297 (39.4) 320 (42.4) 364 (48.3) 390 (51.7)
Sex Male 672 (89.1) 125 (18.6) 275 (40.9) 272 (40.4) 0.0070* 344 (51.2) 328 (48.8) < 0.0001*
Female 82 (10.9) 12 (14.6) 22 (26.8) 48 (58.5) 20 (24.4) 62 (75.6)
Physical activity duration per day 0 184 (24.4) 31 (16.8) 57 (31.0) 96 (52.2) < 0.0001* 60 (32.6) 124 (67.4) < 0.0001*
> 0 ≤ 30 min 134 (17.8) 21 (15.7) 39 (29.1) 74 (55.2) 39 (29.1) 95 (70.9)
> 30 ≤ 60 min 196 (26.0) 40 (20.4) 78 (39.8) 78 (39.8) 102 (52.0) 94 (48.0)
> 60 min 240 (31.8) 45 (18.8) 123 (51.3) 72 (30.0) 163 (67.9) 77 (32.1)
Physical activity type Walking/yoga 228 (30.2) 36 (15.8) 80 (35.1) 112 (49.1) < 0.0001* 76 (33.3) 152 (66.7) < 0.0001*
No walking/yoga 342 (45.4) 70 (20.5) 160 (46.8) 112 (32.7) 228 (66.7) 114 (33.3)
Cardio 218 (28.9) 41 (18.8) 107 (49.1) 70 (32.1) 0.0009* 147 (67.4) 71 (32.6) < 0.0001*
No cardio 352 (46.7) 65 (18.5) 133 (37.8) 154 (43.8) 157 (44.6) 195 (55.4)
Weights 359 (47.6) 72 (20.1) 164 (45.7) 123 (34.3) 0.0005* 233 (64.9) 126 (35.1) < 0.0001*
No weights 211 (28.0) 34 (16.1) 76 (36.0) 101 (47.9) 71 (33.6) 140 (66.4)
Sports 108 (14.3) 25 (23.1) 58 (53.7) 25 (23.1) < 0.0001* 81 (75.0) 27 (25.0) < 0.0001*
No sports 462 (61.3) 81 (17.5) 182 (39.4) 199 (43.1) 223 (48.3) 239 (51.7)
Screen time duration per day 0 min 31 (4.1) 6 (19.4) 10 (32.3) 15 (48.4) 0.6195 12 (38.7) 19 (61.3) 0.5192
> 0 ≤ 60 min 77 (10.2) 11 (14.3) 31 (40.3) 35 (45.5) 32 (41.6) 45 (58.4)
> 60 ≤ 120 min 102 (13.5) 24 (23.5) 33 (32.4) 45 (44.1) 48 (47.1) 54 (52.9)
> 120 ≤ 300 min 312 (41.4) 51 (16.3) 133 (42.6) 128 (41.0) 156 (50.0) 156 (50.0)
> 300 min 232 (30.8) 45 (19.4) 90 (38.8) 97 (41.8) 116 (50.0) 116 (50.0)
Sleep duration at night < 7 h 390 (51.7) 77 (19.7) 154 (39.5) 159 (40.8) 0.1278 197 (50.5) 193 (49.5) 0.1320
≥ 7 ≤ 9 h 324 (43.0) 48 (14.8) 130 (40.1) 146 (45.1) 144 (44.4) 180 (55.6)
> 9 h 40 (5.3) 12 (30.0) 13 (32.5) 15 (37.5) 23 (57.5) 17 (42.5)
Sleep during the day No 444 (58.9) 76 (17.1) 179 (40.3) 189 (42.6) 0.5789 204 (45.9) 240 (54.1) 0.1255
Yes 310 (41.1) 61 (19.7) 118 (38.1) 131 (42.3) 160 (51.6) 150 (48.4)
Sleep duration during the day 0 min 444 (58.9) 76 (17.1) 179 (40.3) 189 (42.3) 0.2649 204 (45.9) 240 (54.1) 0.0988
> 0 ≤ 120 min 233 (30.9) 47 (20.2) 94 (40.3) 92 (39.5) 126 (54.1) 107 (45.9)
> 120 min 77 (10.2) 14 (18.2) 24 (31.2) 39 (50.6) 34 (44.2) 43 (55.8)

The p value is the result of a Wilcoxon test in analyses with two categories (sex, sleep during the day), and a Kruskal–Wallis test was used in analyses with three or more categories (physical activity duration per day, physical activity type, screen time duration during the day, type of screen most often used, sleep duration during the day)

*p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant when comparing BMI and waist circumference between daily movement behaviour categories