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. 2020 Oct 15;17(20):7492. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207492

Table 3.

Relationship between body mass category (BMI) and selected variables—children age from 6 to 10.

Selected Variables Age
6–10 Z p
Body Mass Category (BMI) According (WHO)
Normal Body Mass Overweight/Obese
x¯ SD Me Min. Max. x¯ SD Me Min. Max.
Systolic pressure (mmHg) 106.12 12.88 105 67 155 110.47 16.20 111 62 141 −2.02 0.043
Diastolic pressure (mmHg) 70.83 11.90 70 48 132 72.51 8.49 72 47 87 -2.20 0.028
Time of watching movies or programs in the Internet (on an iPad,
tablet, computer, smartphone) or TV per day
in the weekdays (h)
1.97 0.96 2 0 5 2.05 0.95 2 0 5 −0.65 0.516
Time of watching movies or programs in the Internet
(on an iPad, tablet, computer, smartphone) or TV per day
on the weekend (h)
2.57 0.97 3 0 5 2.81 1.01 3 0 5 −1.10 0.270
Time of playing games (on your computer/game console
/smartphone/iPad, etc.) per day in the weekdays (h)
1.18 1.09 1 0 5 1.40 1.07 1 0 5 −1.29 0.195
Time of playing games (on your computer/game console
/smartphone/iPad, etc.) per day on the weekend (h)
1.90 1.10 2 0 5 2.02 1.12 2 0 5 −0.72 0.474
Using a smartphone on a typical day (n) 2.21 1.34 2 1 7 2.72 1.58 2 1 7 −1.99 0.047
Days with 60 min or longer physical activity (n) 3.67 1.83 4 0 7 3.53 2.16 3 0 7 −0.44 0.660
Time of sleeping during a 24 h period on school days (h) 9.35 0.88 9.5 6.5 11.5 9.14 0.93 9.0 6.0 12.0 −1.75 0.081
Time of sleeping during a 24 h period on weekends (h) 10.42 1.14 10.5 7.0 13.0 10.43 1.35 10.5 6.0 13.0 −0.64 0.525
Sleep quality (n) 1.53 0.61 1 1 4 1.58 0.54 2 1 3 −0.76 0.449

x¯—arithmetic mean; Me—median; SD—standard deviation; Z—Mann–Whitney U test result; pp-value, indicate significant values (p < 0.05); n—number in accordance with the possibility of answering.