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Table 2 Characteristics of the parents

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

 

n

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Median [25th-75th percentile]

Mother characteristics

   

 Age at birth child (yrs)

1480

31.4 ± 4.3

31.4 [28.6–34.5]

 BMI (kg/m2)

1448

24.8 ± 4.7

23.8 [21.6–26.8]

aOverweight

1448

368 (24 %)

-

bObese

1448

179 (12 %)

-

 Total PA (min/week)

1079

3675 ± 1807

3330 [2580–4373]

 LPA (min/week)

1079

2843 ± 1503

2610 [1860–3540]

 MPA (min/week)

1079

767 ± 866

480 [240–1020]

 VPA (min/week)

1079

66 ± 123

0 [0–90]

Father characteristics

   

 Age at birth child (yrs)

1439

34.2 ± 4.8

34.1 [31.1–37.0]

 BMI (kg/m2)

1405

25.4 ± 3.4

25.0 [23.1–27.1]

aOverweight

1405

573 (37 %)

-

bObese

1405

115 (7 %)

-

 Total PA (min/week)

1023

3595 ± 1564

3420 [2880–1064]

 LPA (min/week)

1023

2385 ± 1446

2610 [1170–3240]

 MPA (min/week)

1023

1073 ± 1264

420 [150–420]

 VPA (min/week)

1023

137 ± 234

0 [0–90]

  1. LPA light physical activity, min minutes, MPA moderate physical activity, PA physical activity, SD standard deviation, VPA vigorous physical activity, yrs years
  2. aBMI = 25.0–29.99
  3. bBMI ≥ 30