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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of sedentary behaviour at baseline and follow-up in Belgian preschool children in intervention (n = 15) and control (n = 12) kindergartens

From: The effect of a cluster randomised control trial on objectively measured sedentary time and parental reports of time spent in sedentary activities in Belgian preschoolers: the ToyBox-study

  

BASELINE

FOLLOW-UP

 

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Accelerometer

n

529

330

/

/

 

Gender (% boys)

54.6

53.9

/

/

 

Age (years)

4.4 ± 0.6

4.3 ± 0.6

/

/

 

Weight status

    

- Underweight (%)

- Normal weight (%)

- Overweight (%)

- Obese (%)

11.0

10.2

/

/

79.4

78.9

/

/

6.9

10.2

/

/

2.8

0.7

/

/

 

SB weekday (%/day)

44.8 ± 6.5

45.8 ± 6.8

44.5 ± 6.9

46.3 ± 10.5

 

SB weekend day (%/day)

45.9 ± 10.0

46.7 ± 9.7

45.0 ± 10.4

45.8 ± 10.8

Questionnaire

n

961

754

/

/

 

Gender (% boys)

52.7

52.4

/

/

 

Age (years)

4.5 ± 0.5

4.4 ± 0.5

/

/

 

Weight status

    

- Underweight (%)

- Normal weight (%)

- Overweight (%)

- Obese (%)

12.3

9.7

/

/

77.3

79.1

/

/

8.2

9.7

/

/

2.1

1.4

/

/

 

TV week (min/day)

61.1 ± 43.1

67.9 ± 55.8

60.6 ± 44.3

68.6 ± 55.7

 

TV weekend (min/day)

108.6 ± 72.5

117.7 ± 85.3

105.8 ± 69.8

119.1 ± 84.5

 

PC week (min/day)

11.1 ± 25.5

11.8 ± 24.5

15.6 ± 30.6

16.4 ± 29.3

 

PC weekend (min/day)

23.1 ± 42.9

23.5 ± 39.3

30.2 ± 44.7

32.3 ± 45.9

 

Quiet play week (min/day)

71.7 ± 51.8

81.7 ± 66.1

70.7 ± 52.4

77.3 ± 61.8

 

Quiet play weekend (min/day)

154.2 ± 95.2

158.9 ± 101.5

145.3 ± 113.6

151.6 ± 96.3

  1. SB sedentary behaviour, TV television, PC personal computer