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Table 1 Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics and their association with accelerometer counts/min

From: Assessment of intensity, prevalence and duration of everyday activities in Swiss school children: a cross-sectional analysis of accelerometer and diary data

Social and environmental factors

Total n (%)

Accelerometer counts/min: adjusted§ mean (95%CI)

Grade (Age)

  

1st (6/7 years) (reference group = ref.)

47 (28)

751 (712–790)

4th (9/10 years)

60 (36)

662 (626–698)**

8th (13/14 years)

62 (38)

546 (508–583)***

Sex

  

Boys (ref.)

81 (48)

737 (706–767)

Girls

88 (52)

569 (539–599)***

Education Mother

  

Low (ref.)

22 (14)

636 (584–717)

Middle

80 (49)

672 (638–698)

High

61 (37)

633 (599–668)

Nationality

  

Swiss (ref.)

129 (78)

649 (624–675)

Non Swiss

37 (22)

661 (602–720)

Day of the week

  

Weekend (ref.)

414 (44)

631 (603–659)

Weekday

532 (56)

670 (645–696)*

Season

  

Winter (ref.)

502 (53)

638 (604–671)

Summer

444 (47)

670 (634–706)

  1. § Mutually adjusted estimates based on multivariate regression models including all variables presented in the table as well as mean daily temperature, sum of precipitation, and a random effect for subject
  2. * p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001; compared to reference group