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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2020 Feb 5;90(4):301–305. doi: 10.1111/josh.12879

Table 1.

Participants’ Characteristics by Sex

Mean (SD), % (95% CI)

Characteristics Boys (N = 6950) Girls (N = 6621)
Age (years) 16.2 (1.2) 16.1 (1.2)
Height (cm) 176.0 (8.4) 162.6 (7.5)
Weight (kg) 73.8 (16.9) 61.8 (14.4)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 23.8 (4.8) 23.4 (5.1)
Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity 21.0%(16.6%, 25.3%) 21.4%(16.7%, 26.2%)
Physical Activity<5days 42.7%(41.0%, 44.5%) 62.7%(60.0%, 65.4%)
Games≥3 hours 42.3%(40.2%, 44.4%) 40.4%(37.5%, 43.2%)
No Sports 40.4%(37.7%, 43.2%) 51.5%(48.9%, 54.1%)
Soda≥2 times 22.2%(18.6%, 25.7%) 16.6%(13.8%, 19.3%)
Being Obese (>= 95%-tile) 16.6%(14.8%, 18.3%) 10.8%(9.7%, 12.0%)
Trying to Lose Weight 33.0%(31.1%, 34.9%) 62.6%(60.5%, 64.6%)

Note: Rates of missing data depend on the characteristics.

CI, confidence interval.