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Table 1 Characteristics of the children

From: Parental correlations of physical activity and body mass index in young children- the GECKO Drenthe cohort

 

All children

Children with PA assessment

 

n

Mean ± SD or n (%)

n

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Boys

1554

780 (50 %)

299

157 (53 %)

Age (yrs)

1554

3.9 ± 0.1

299

3.7 ± 0.6

BMI (kg/m2)

1554

15.8 ± 1.3

298

15.9 ± 1.3

aOW/obese

1554

167 (11 %)

298

30 (10 %)

bBMI Z-score

1554

0.11 ± 0.92

298

0.09 ± 0.89

Waist (cm)

1164

52.4 ± 3.5

242

51.5 ± 3.6

bWaist Z-score

1164

0.39 ± 0.91

242

0.28 ± 0.93

cTotal PA(ACM)

-

-

299

3715 ± 712

Sedentary activity (%)

-

-

299

47.1 ± 8.2

Light activity (%)

-

-

299

45.0 ± 7.4

Moderate activity (%)

-

-

299

6.0 ± 2.4

Vigorous activity (%)

-

-

299

1.9 ± 1.3

  1. ACM counts per minute, OW overweight, PA physical activity, SD standard deviation, yrs years
  2. aOverweight and obesity defined according to Cole 2000 [16]
  3. bAccording to reference tables of the Netherlands, 1997
  4. cAverage counts per minute for wake hours