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Table 1 Participant characteristic. PeNSE Brazil, 2015 (n = 102,072)

From: Clustering of diet, physical activity and sedentary behavior among Brazilian adolescents in the national school - based health survey (PeNSE 2015)

Variables*

Sex % (95% CI)

 Male

48.72

(48.08; 49.34)

 Female

51.28

(50.65; 51.91)

Age mean ± sd (range)

14.28 ± 1.03 (11, 19)

Maternal level of education % (95% CI)

 Non-educated

28.62

(27.65; 29.60)

 Elementary School

18.48

(17.83; 19.16)

 High School

33.32

(32.49; 34.15)

 Higher Education

19.58

(18.32; 20.89)

Type of school % (95%CI)

 Public

85.53

(83.35; 87.46)

 Private

14.47

(12.54; 16.64)

  1. *Weighted percentages and means
  2. 95% CI 95% confidence interval. sd standard deviation