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. 2022 Jan 12;10:1–8. doi: 10.21307/sjcapp-2022-001

TABLE 4.

Characteristics of children with experiencing bodyweight gain

Children with bodyweight gain (n = 161) Children no bodyweight gain (n = 798) With bodyweight gain vs. no bodyweight gain p
Boys Girls Boys Girls
Gender 79/161 82/161 405/798 393/798 0.730
p = 1.00 * p = 1.00 *
1 83 94
2 85 79
Grade 3 85 79 0.675
4 79 65
5 66 76
6 84 84
Mean duration of watching TV/video (SD) 3.6 h (2.3) 2.9 h (1.8) < .001
Mean duration of playing video games (SD) 1.9 h (2.0) 1.7 h (1.7) < .674
Total screen time (SD) 5.2 h (3.0) 4.7 h (2.5) < .001
Mean sleep duration (SD) 9.5 h (0.8) 9.4 h (0.8) 0.234
Mean wakeup time (SD) 7:28 (1.0 h) 7:21 (1.0 h) 0.402
Mean bedtime (SD) 21:54 (0.9 h) 21:54 (0.9 h) 0.490
Bodyweight gain during school closure 105/161 377/798 < .001

Note. SD = standard deviation; h = hours;

*: p compares proportion of boys and that of girls;

†: Chi-squared tests were used to compare groups;

‡: Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used to compare groups