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Table 2 Cross-sectional analysis of differences in screen time across BMI categories.

From: Stability of television viewing and electronic game/computer use in a prospective cohort study of Australian children: relationship with body mass index

Activity

BMI category

Total sample

Males

Females

  

m (SD) or %

β or OR (95% CI)

m (SD) or %

β or OR (95% CI)

m (SD) or %

β or OR (95% CI)

Baseline

       

TV viewing (hrs/wk)

Non-overweight

13.5 (7.4)

-

13.9 (7.6)

-

13.1 (7.1)

-

 

Overweight

15.6 (8.5)

1.9 (0.7, 3.1)

16.4 (8.5)

2.0 (0.2, 3.9)

15.0 (8.5)

1.9 (0.3, 3.5)

 

Obese

16.7 (7.8)

3.4 (1.3, 5.5)

15.0 (8.1)

1.5 (-1.9, 4.9)

18.0 (7.4)

5.0 (2.2, 7.7)

Games/computer (hrs/wk)

Non-overweight

3.9 (4.1)

-

4.9 (4.6)

-

2.9 (3.2)

-

 

Overweight

3.5 (3.8)

-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3)

4.3 (4.2)

-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5)

2.9 (3.3)

0.0 (-0.7, 0.8)

 

Obese

5.4 (4.6)

1.5 (0.4, 2.7)

6.3 (5.8)

1.4 (-0.6, 3.3)

4.7 (3.5)

1.9 (0.6, 3.1)

Total screen time (hrs/wk)

Non-overweight

17.4 (8.9)

-

18.9 (9.5)

-

16.0 (8.1)

-

 

Overweight

19.2 (10.2)

1.6 (0.2, 3.1)

20.6 (10.7)

1.5 (-0.8, 3.7)

17.9 (9.7)

2.0 (0.1, 3.8)

 

Obese

22.1 (8.9)

4.9 (2.4, 7.5)

21.3 (9.4)

2.9 (-1.3, 7.0)

22.7 (8.6)

6.8 (3.7, 10.0)

Meet guidelines*

Non-overweight

42.4%

-

37.6%

-

47.1%

-

 

Overweight

34.5%

0.7 (0.5, 1.0)

27.7%

0.7 (0.4, 1.1)

40.4%

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

 

Obese

23.5%

0.4 (0.2, 0.8)

27.3%

0.5 (0.2, 1.5)

20.7%

0.3 (0.1, 0.7)

Follow-up

       

TV viewing (hrs/wk)

Non-overweight

14.6 (6.7)

-

14.6 (6.8)

-

14.6 (6.6)

-

 

Overweight

17.0 (7.9)

2.4 (1.4, 3.3)

17.2 (8.9)

2.6 (1.1, 4.1)

16.8 (7.1)

2.2 (0.9, 3.4)

 

Obese

17.1 (6.4)

2.6 (0.6, 4.5)

15.8 (6.3)

1.2 (-1.8, 4.2)

18.2 (6.4)

3.8 (1.3, 6.3)

Games/computer (hrs/wk)

Non-overweight

8.2 (6.5)

-

10.0 (6.9)

-

6.3 (5.5)

-

 

Overweight

8.8 (7.4)

0.6 (-0.3,1.5)

11.7 (8.3)

1.6 (0.1, 3.1)

6.4 (5.6)

0.2 (-0.9, 1.2)

 

Obese

10.7 (7.6)

2.7 (0.8, 4.5)

14.1 (6.9)

4.0 (1.1, 7.0)

7.9 (7.1)

1.8 (-0.3, 3.9)

Total screen time (hrs/wk)

Non-overweight

22.8 (10.0)

-

24.6 (10.5)

-

20.9 (9.1)

-

 

Overweight

25.8 (11.9)

3.0 (1.5, 4.4)

28.9 (13.7)

4.2 (1.9, 6.5)

23.2 (9.3)

2.3 (0.6, 4.1)

 

Obese

27.8 (10.6)

5.2 (2.4, 8.1)

29.9 (9.5)

5.2 (0.7, 9.8)

26.0 (11.3)

5.6 (2.1, 9.1)

Meet guidelines*

Non-overweight

19.0%

-

12.7%

-

25.5%

-

 

Overweight

14.2%

0.7 (0.5, 1.1)

9.8%

0.8 (0.4, 1.5)

17.9%

0.6 (0.4, 1.0)

 

Obese

11.5%

0.5 (0.2, 1.3)

0%

††

21.4%

0.7 (0.3, 1.9)

  1. Linear regression (or logistic regression for proportion meeting guidelines) analyses adjusted for age.
  2. * Australian Physical Activity Recommendations for children indicate no more than 2 hrs/day should be spent engaged in electronic media use [5].
  3. †† Odds ratio not calculated as no obese boy met guidelines at follow-up