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Table 1 Descriptive statistics at 9, 15 and 24 years of age

From: Longitudinal changes in device-measured physical activity from childhood to young adulthood: the PANCS follow-up study

Variable

Missing

PANCS1

n = 635a

PANCS2

n = 647a

PANCS follow-up

n = 242a

Age (yrs)

21%

9.6 (0.4)

15.2 (0.6)

24.6 (0.8)

Height (cm)

25%

139.0 (6.5)

169.7 (8.4)

174.5 (10.0)

Weight (kg)

25%

33.5 (6.5)

59.8 (10.7)

73.1 (14.3)

Waist Circumference (cm)

27%

61.9 (7.2)

70.9 (7.5)

80.1 (10.4)

BMI (kg/m2)

25%

17.2 (2.5)

20.7 (3.0)

23.9 (4.0)

VO2peak (ml/kg/min)

56%

46.4 (7.4)

NA

48.5 (9.9)

Sex

0%

   

 Female

 

309 (49%)

318 (49%)

136 (56%)

 Male

 

326 (51%)

329 (51%)

106 (44%)

Pubertal status (2005–2006)

1.4%

   

 Pre-pubertal

 

545 (86%)

543 (85%)

210 (87%)

 Started puberty

 

86 (14%)

95 (15%)

32 (13%)

Region (2005–2006)

16%

   

 Central Norway

 

24 (5%)

24 (4%)

7 (3%)

 East

 

282 (53%)

286 (52%)

126 (61%)

 North

 

42 (8%)

53 (10%)

21 (10%)

 Southwest

 

179 (34%)

183 (34%)

53 (26%)

Parental Income (2011–2012)

0.1%

   

 Low

 

131 (21%)

134 (21%)

40 (17%)

 Middle

 

370 (58%)

378 (58%)

146 (60%)

 High

 

133 (21%)

135 (21%)

56 (23%)

Parents born in Norway

0%

   

 None

 

57 (9%)

64 (10%)

14 (6%)

 One

 

119 (19%)

122 (19%)

39 (16%)

 Two

 

459 (72%)

461 (71%)

189 (78%)

Accelerometry

    

Valid Days

30%

3.7 (0.6)

6.4 (1.9)

7.0 (1.2)

 Weekday

30%

1.9 (0.3)

4.8 (1.4)

5.1 (0.9)

 Weekend

30%

1.8 (0.5)

1.6 (0.9)

1.9 (0.7)

Wear time (hrs/day)

30%

13.2 (1.1)

13.5 (1.4)

13.8 (1.5)

Sedentary (min/day)

30%

435.3 (70.8)

590.6 (73.3)

596.9 (85.7)

LPA (min/day)

30%

280.9 (47.4)

161.2 (39.6)

178.4 (53.1)

MPA (min/day)

30%

44.9 (14.1)

31.3 (11.5)

27.2 (12.7)

VPA (min/day)

30%

30.6 (16.0)

24.8 (14.8)

26.5 (17.3)

MVPA (min/day)

30%

76 (27)

56 (23)

54 (23)

Total PA (counts/min)

30%

719.5 (251.9)

444.2 (159.3)

435.5 (150.4)

  1. NA: Not available; BMI: Body mass index; VO2peak: Peak oxygen uptake; LPA: Light physical activity; MPA: Moderate physical activity; VPA: Vigorous physical activity
  2. a Mean (SD); n (%); Number of participants defined by valid accelerometer data at each time point