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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and cardiometabolic risk factors of the participants included in the analysis

From: The association between device-measured sitting time and cardiometabolic health risk factors in children

  

activPAL sample

 

ActiGraph sample

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

113

8.1 (0.4)

338

8.2 (0.5)

Females, n (%)

113

58 (50.9)

338

197 (58.3)

BMI (kg/m2)

113

17.3 (2.4)

334

17.5 (2.9)

BMIz

113

0.7 (1.0)

334

0.7 (1.2)

BMI categories (%)

113

 

334

 

Healthy weight

 

71.8

 

73.9

Overweight/obese

 

28.2

 

26.1

WC (cm)

113

59.2 (5.9)

335

59.8 (6.9)

WCz

113

0.8 (1)

  

WC categories (%)

133

 

335

 

Healthy weight

 

63.7

 

65.9

Overweight/obese

 

36.3

 

34.0

SBP (mmHg)

111

102.2 (9.5)

327

102 (9.1)

DBP (mmHg)

111

59.8 (8.5)

327

60.6 (8.4)

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

71

4.6 (0.7)

160

4.6 (0.8)

HDL (mmol/L)

71

1.7 (0.3)

160

1.7 (0.3)

LDL (mmol/L)

71

2.5 (0.7)

160

2.6 (0.7)

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

71

0.7 (0.2)

160

0.7 (0.3)

FPG (mmol/L)

71

4.5 (0.3)

160

4.6 (0.5)

Insulin (uU/ml)

71

5.4 (2.9)

160

6.0 (3.8)

Vitamin D (nmol/L)

71

76.7 (23.7)

160

72.6 (25.7)

Sitting time (min/day) (⁎)

103

567.4 (108.6)

103

556.1 (111.9)

Sedentary time (min/day) (⁑)

103

529.8 (55.7)

340

535 (51.8)

Total-LIPA (min/day) (⁑)

103

391.0 (48.5)

340

388.7 (46.7)

Low-LIPA (min/day) (⁑)

103

314.2 (39.2)

340

313.2 (38.9)

High-LIPA (min/day) (⁑)

103

77.7 (18.1)

340

75.6 (16.8)

MVPA (min/day) (⁑)

103

38.2 (18.7)

340

36.2 (17)

  1. Abbreviations BMIz = body mass index z-score; WCz = waist circumference z-score; SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure; HDL = High-Density Lipoprotein; LDL = Low-Density Lipoprotein; FPG = fasting plasma glucose; Vitamin D = 25hydroxyvitaminD; CRP = C-reactive protein; total-LIPA = Light-Intensity Physical Activity; low-LIPA = Low Light-Intensity Physical Activity (101 − 3.99 METS); low-LIPA = Low Light-Intensity Physical Activity (101–799 counts per minute); high-LIPA = High Light-Intensity Physical Activity (800 counts per minute– 3.99 METS); MVPA = Moderate- to- Vigorous-intensity Physical Activity (≥ 4 METS). Biomarkers references values: Cholesterol = 2.4–4.5 mmol/L; Triglycerides = 0.4–1.5 mmol/L; HDL = > 1.20 mmol/L; LDL = < 3.5 mmol/L; FPG = 3.6-6.0 mmol/L; Insulin = 0–17 uU/mL; 25-hydroxyvitamin D = 75–250 nmol/L
  2. (⁎) Data derived from activPAL inclinometers
  3. (⁑) Data derived from ActiGraph accelerometers