Table 2.
Physical, sociodemographic, and lifestyle characteristics of public school students in São José, SC, Brazil.
| General (n = 634) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n = 396 (%) | Female n = 238 (%) | |||
| Variables | n = 634 | p-value | ||
| Maturation | n = 598 | 0.33 | ||
| Pre-pubertal | 40 (10.7) | 16 (7.2) | ||
| Pubertal | 250 (66.7) | 158 (70.9) | ||
| Post-pubertal | 85 (22.7) | 49 (22.0) | ||
| Economic level | n = 634 | 0.38 | ||
| High | 260 (65.7) | 148 (62.2) | ||
| Low | 136 (34.3) | 90 (37.8) | ||
| Skin color | n = 619 | <0.05 | ||
| White | 200 (51.8) | 143 (61.4) | ||
| Brown/yellow/indigenous/black | 186 (48.2) | 90 (38.6) | ||
| Physical activity level | n = 618 | 0.48 | ||
| Physically active | 23 (6.0) | 11 (4.7) | ||
| Not physically active | 360 (94.0) | 224 (95.3) | ||
| Balanced diet | n = 634 | 0.42 | ||
| Adequate | 68 (17.2) | 35 (14.7) | ||
| Inadequate | 328 (82.8) | 203 (85.3) | ||
| Smoke cigarettes | n = 616 | 0.45 | ||
| Not currently smoker | 370 (96.1) | 219 (94.8) | ||
| Currently smoker | 15 (3.9) | 12 (5.2) | ||
| Sleep quality | n = 620 | 0.34 | ||
| Adequate | 147 (37.9) | 79 (34.1) | ||
| Inadequate | 241 (62.1) | 153 (65.9) | ||
| HBP | n = 634 | |||
| No | 278 (70.2) | 211 (88.7) | <0.01 | |
| Yes | 118 (29.8) | 27 (11.3) | ||
n, sample size (number of students with information about the variable); %, percentage; Chi-square test; HBP, High blood pressure; the p-value in bold means a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) in the skin color and HBP between males and females.