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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Characteristics associated with differences in 24-hour device-measured and self-reported sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity in a sample of Australian primary school children

 

All

Females

Males

Baseline Characteristics

 

n (%)

120 (100)

82 (68)

38 (32)

Age (mean (SD))

10.0 (0.3)

10.0 (0.3)

10.1 (0.3)

Puberty Stage (n (%))

 

Pre-pubertal

78 (65)

43 (52)

35 (92)

Early pubertal

24 (20)

21 (26)

3 (8)

Mid-pubertal

18 (15)

18 (22)

0 (0)

Parental Education (n (%))

 

Low

8 (7)

7 (9)

1 (3)

Mid

43 (36)

28 (34)

15 (40)

High

69 (58)

47 (57)

22 (58)

Fatness/Fitnessa (mean (SD))

 

zBMI

0.17 (1.20)

0.10 (1.21)

0.33 (1.18)

VO2max (mL/kg/min)

40.1 (6.6)

37.4 (4.1)

45.9 (7.1)

Academic Performance (mean (SD))

 

PAT scaled score

126 (9)n=103

127 (9)n=69

123 (9)n=34

Device-Measured (Accelerometry)b (arithmetic mean (SD)) (min/day)

 

Sleep

588 (52)

585 (56)

595 (41)

Sedentary

488 (98)

502 (92)

458 (105)

LPA

279 (70)

278 (70)

280 (70)

MVPA

85 (52)

75 (44)

106 (62)

Self-Reported (MARCA)b (arithmetic mean (SD)) (min/day)

 

Sleep

625 (62)

619 (65)

637 (53)

Sedentary

501 (105)

500 (107)

503 (102)

LPA

196 (74)

202 (79)

182 (62)

MVPA

119 (64)

119 (67)

118 (58)

MARCA minus Accelerometry (mean (SD)) (min/day)

 

Difference in sleep

37 (59)

34 (65)

41 (44)

Difference in sedentary

12 (109)

-3 (106)

45 (109)

Difference in LPA

-83 (91)

-76 (91)

-98 (89)

Difference in MVPA

34 (68)

44 (71)

12 (58)

  1. NB Accelerometer use-of-time data were normalised to sum to 1440 min
  2. a Measures were from first available time point
  3. b Average of all available matched (MARCA and accelerometry) days from any time point
  4. Abbreviations: zBMI: body mass index z-score; VO2max: maximal oxygen consumption; LPA: light physical activity; MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; MARCA: Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adults; PAT: progressive achievement test