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. 2020 May 15;26:e921617-1–e921617-10. doi: 10.12659/MSM.921617

Table 1.

Sample characteristics by gender.

ALL Boy Girl P
Sample size 46639 23743 (50.9%) 22896 (49.1%)
Age 10.82±3.31 10.69±3.27 10.95±3.35 <0.001
Outdoor activity (%)
 <1 h 37.5 34.4 40.7 <0.001
 1–2 h 39.7 40.8 38.7
 ≥2 h 22.8 24.9 20.6
Insufficient sleep duration (%) 74.9 73.7 76.1 <0.001
 6–13 years 68.2 67.6 68.8 0.022
 14–17 years 96.4 95.1 97.5 <0.001
Sedentary 5.68±3.69 5.51±3.66 5.85±3.72 <0.001
 6–13 years 5.25±3.49 5.18±3.49 5.32±3.49 <0.001
 14–17 years 7.07±3.97 6.69±4.00 7.41±3.92 <0.001
Doing homework 1.92±1.21 1.87±1.19 1.97±1.23 <0.001
 6–13 years 1.73±1.11 1.72±1.11 1.74±1.11 0.127
 14–17 years 2.52±1.32 2.39±1.32 2.64±1.31 <0.001
Watching TV 0.91±1.02 0.95±1.04 0.87±1.00 0.01
 6–13 years 0.95±0.96 0.99±1.00 0.90±0.91 <0.001
 14–17 years 0.78±1.19 0.76±1.12 0.80±1.24 0.130
Playing computer game 0.68±1.09 0.79±1.22 0.58±0.93 <0.001
 6–13 years 0.61±0.98 0.70±1.09 0.51±0.83 <0.001
 14–17 years 0.93±1.37 1.10±1.56 0.78±1.16 <0.001
Urban/rural area (%)
 Urban 62.1 61.8 62.4 0.181
 Rural 37.9 38.2 37.6
BMI (kg/m2) 18.60±3.79 18.90±3.98 18.28±3.57 <0.001
 6–13 years 17.88±3.55 18.30±3.75 17.44±3.25 <0.001
 14–17 years 20.87±3.66 21.03±4.01 20.73±3.31 <0.001
Physical activity (PA, hour/day)
 VPA 0.46±0.72 0.53±0.76 0.39±0.67 <0.001
 6–13 years 0.46±0.67 0.51±0.71 0.41±0.61 <0.001
 14–17 years 0.45±0.86 0.59±0.90 0.33±0.80 <0.001
MPA 0.46±0.71 0.50±0.75 0.42±0.66 <0.001
 6–13 years 0.47±0.69 0.49±0.72 0.44±0.65 <0.001
 14–17 years 0.43±0.77 0.52±0.84 0.36±0.70 <0.001
Walking 0.76±1.08 0.79±1.14 0.72±1.01 <0.001
 6–13 years 0.73±1.05 0.76±1.11 0.70±0.98 <0.001
 14–17 years 0.84±1.15 0.92±1.23 0.77±1.07 <0.001

BMI – body mass index; PA – physical activity; VPA – vigorous physical activity; MPA – moderate physical activity. P value presented as the difference between boys and girls.