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Table 1 Participants Characteristics (mean ± standard deviation)

From: Compliance with the Australian 24-hour movement guidelines for the early years: associations with weight status

 

Total Sample (n = 202)

Girls (n = 104)

Boys (n = 98)

p c

Age (months)

19.74 ± 4.072

19.76 ± 4.05

19.71 ± 4.12

0.884

BMI (kg/m2)

17.95 ± 1.64

17.78 ± 1.71

18.14 ± 1.56

0.427

BMI z-scores

0.07 ± 0.93

0.06 ± 0.98

0.08 ± 0.89

0.934

Total physical activity (min/day)

294.97 ± 59.03

289.98 ± 57.92

300.27 ± 60.02

0.109

Light physical activity (min/day)

237.65 ± 44.92

235.95 ± 45.14

239.45 ± 44.86

0.351

Moderate to vigorous physical activity (min/day)

57.32 ± 21.40

54.03 ± 18.42

60.82 ± 23.77

0.055

Sedentary time (min/day)

262.77 ± 60.16

271.18 ± 59.97

253.85 ± 59.37

0.025

Screen time (min/day)

76.38 ± 62.81

77.71 ± 71.98

74.97 ± 51.66

0.557

Sleep time (min/day)a

739.66 ± 73.96

731.18 ± 72.25

784.66 ± 75.05

0.126

Consistency of bedtime (standard deviation of average bedtime in min)b

44.71 ± 31.12

42.51 ± 23.42

47.05 ± 37.61

0.907

Consistency of wake up time (standard deviation of average wake up time in min)b

45.56 ± 36.42

47.53 ± 45.8

43.5 ± 22.71

0.410

Accelerometer wear time (min/day)

1297.40 ± 93.00

1292.34 ± 95.06

1302.78 ± 90.93

0.355

  1. BMI body mass index
  2. aincluding nap(s) time
  3. banalysis performed on a subsample of 173 toddlers with at least 2 days of accelerometers data
  4. cCompares genders with Two-Tailed T-test (BMI) or Mann Whitney U Test (all other variables
  5. Bold significant difference between boys and girls (p<0.05)