Descriptive analysis of preschool physical activity and sedentary behaviors – a cross sectional study of 3-year-olds nested in the SKOT cohort

Table 3 Physical activity and sedentary behavior across settings

		Mean total PA	Sedentary behavior		Non-sedentary behavior		MPVA
	n	CPM	Hours/day	%	Hours/day	%	Hours/day	%
Boys^╫
All days, overall	114	584 ± 124^*	6.7 ± 0.8	53.5 ± 5.1	5.9 ± 0.7	46.5 ± 5.1	1.4 ± 0.3	11.2 ± 2.6^*
Sick days	10	442 ± 180	7.4 ± 1.3	60.6 ± 10.5	4.9 ± 1.5	39.4 ± 10.5	1.1 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 4.5
DC-days	95	593 ± 131_c ^*	6.6 ± 0.8	52.4 ± 5.4_c	6.0 ± 0.8	47.6 ± 5.4_c	1.4 ± 0.4	11.6 ± 2.9_c ^*
Before DC^**	94	376 ± 20	1.0 ± 0.4	63.3 ± 7.0	0.6 ± 0.3	36.7 ± 7.0	0.1 ± 0.06	6.8 ± 2.8^*
In DC	95	654 ± 175_a ^*	3.1 ± 0.6	47.9 ± 7.9_a ^*	3.4 ± 0.9	52.1 ± 7.9_a ^*	0.9 ± 0.3	13.0 ± 4.2_a ^*
After DC	95	572 ± 223	2.4 ± 0.6	55.5 ± 6.7	2.0 ± 0.5	44.5 ± 6.7	0.5 ± 0.2	11.0 ± 3.4
Non-DC-days	112	564 ± 147	6.9 ± 1.0	54.7 ± 6.1	5.7 ± 1.0	45.3 ± 6.1	1.4 ± 0.4	10.8 ± 3.0^*
Girls^╫
All days, overall	117	527 ± 129	6.8 ± 0.9	54.7 ± 5.9	5.7 ± 0.8	45.3 ± 5.9	1.2 ± 0.4	9.7 ± 2.9
Sick days	11	318 ± 121	8.1 ± 2.2	65.2 ± 9.9	4.2 ± 1.2	34.8 ± 9.9	0.6 ± 0.3	5.3 ± 2.5
DC-days	95	543 ± 144	6.8 ± 1.1	53.8 ± 6.8_c	5.8 ± 1.0	46.2 ± 6.8_c	1.3 ± 0.4	10.1 ± 3.1_c
Before DC^**	95	351 ± 116	1.0 ± 0.4	63.4 ± 8.5	0.6 ± 0.3	36.6 ± 8.5	0.1 ± 0.06	6.0 ± 2.5
In DC	96	580 ± 201_b,d	3.2 ± 0.7	51.2 ± 9.3_a	3.1 ± 0.9	48.2 ± 9.3_a	0.7 ± 0.3	10.8 ± 4.3_b
After DC	95	541 ± 169	2.5 ± 0.8	55.0 ± 8.1	2.1 ± 0.6	45.0 ± 8.1	0.5 ± 0.2	10.2 ± 3.7
Non-DC-days	113	523 ± 148	7.0 ± 0.9	55.4 ± 6.0	5.6 ± 0.9	44.6 ± 6.0	1.2 ± 0.4	9.5 ± 3.1

CPM counts per minute, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, DC daycare
^╫: significant influence of settings on levels of all outcomes examined, ^*: significant sex differences, ^**: least active setting with the exception of sick days, _a: significant different from after DC and before DC, _b: significant different from before DC, _c: significant different from non-DC-days, _d: borderline significant different from after DC. ^╫), ^**), _b): all p-values < 0.001, ^*): all p-values < 0.03, _a): all p-values < 0.006), _c): all p-values < 0.05), _d): p = 0.08

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