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Table 2 The status of meeting the PA guidelines and various kinds of parental support

From: Associations between various kinds of parental support and physical activity among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China: gender and age differences

 

Total

Boys

Girls

(n = 61,429)

(n = 31,143)

(n = 30,286)

n

%

n

%

n

%

MVPA

11,936

19.4

6660

21.4

5276

17.4*

Parental support

 PAEN

  Low

23,597

38.4

11,673

37.5

11,924

39.4

  High

37,832

61.6

19,470

62.5

18,362

60.6

 PAIV

  Low

45,470

74.0

23,192

74.5

22,278

73.6

  High

15,959

26.0

7951

25.5

8008

26.4

 PAFS

  Low

27,347

44.5

14,041

45.1

13,306

43.9

  High

34,082

55.5

17,102

54.9

16,980

56.1

 PAMD

  Low

38,791

63.1

19,721

63.3

19,070

63.0

  High

22,638

36.9

11,422

36.7

11,216

37.0

  1. MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, PA Physical activity, PAEN Parental encouragement, PAFS Parental financial support, PAIV Parental involvement, PAMD Parental modeling
  2. *Compared between boys and girls (p < 0.001)