Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
From: Weather and children’s physical activity; how and why do relationships vary between countries?
Participant Characteristics. N (% of study) | |||||||||||
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Genderc | Age band | Weight statusd | |||||||||
Study | Location | Months | Study Typea | N Participantsb | N daysb | Female | 3–5 years | 6–12 years | 13–18 years | Over weight | Obese |
ALSPAC | Bristol, UK | Jan-Dec* | Long | 6613 (28%) | 61,101 (38%) | 3449 (52%) | 0 (0%) | 4202 (64%) | 2411 (36%) | 1094 (17%) | 314 (5%) |
Ballabeina | Aarau, Switzerland | Aug-Sep | Int | 375 (2%) | 1496 (1%) | 185 (49%) | 336 (90%) | 39 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 29 (8%) | 14 (4%) |
Belgium Pre-School Study | Antwerp, Belgium | Feb-Mar, Oct-Dec | CS | 430 (2%) | 1303 (1%) | 225 (52%) | 411 (96%) | 19 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 50 (12%) | 56 (13%) |
CHAMPS (UK) | Stoke-on-Trent, UK | Nov-Mar, May | CS | 529 (2%) | 2399 (2%) | 257 (49%) | 82 (16%) | 291 (55%) | 156 (29%) | 96 (18%) | 38 (7%) |
CLAN | Melbourne, Australia | Jul-Dec* | Long | 1115 (5%) | 9426 (6%) | 593 (53%) | 54 (5%) | 812 (73%) | 249 (22%) | 241 (22%) | 100 (9%) |
CoSCIS | Copenhagen, Denmark | Dec-Jun* | Int | 674 (3%) | 3523 (2%) | 317 (47%) | 4 (1%) | 670 (99%) | 0 (0%) | 78 (12%) | 29 (4%) |
EYHS Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Jan-Dec* | Long | 1365 (6%) | 7223 (5%) | 755 (55%) | 0 (0%) | 790 (58%) | 575 (42%) | 172 (13%) | 28 (2%) |
EYHS Estonia | Tartu, Estonia | Aug-May* | CS | 651 (3%) | 2246 (1%) | 360 (55%) | 0 (0%) | 335 (51%) | 316 (49%) | 55 (8%) | 6 (1%) |
EYHS Norway | Oslo, Norway | Feb, Apr-Jun, Oct, Nov | CS | 248 (1%) | 650 (0%) | 120 (48%) | 0 (0%) | 248 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (9%) | 2 (1%) |
EYHS Portugal | Funchal, Madeira | Jan-Jul* | Long | 748 (3%) | 1950 (1%) | 388 (52%) | 0 (0%) | 462 (62%) | 286 (38%) | 130 (17%) | 52 (7%) |
HEAPS | Melbourne, Australia | Feb-Dec* | Long | 1368 (6%) | 8219 (5%) | 723 (53%) | 276 (20%) | 1003 (73%) | 89 (7%) | 283 (21%) | 120 (9%) |
Iowa Bone Development Study | Des Moines, USA | Sep-Nov | Long | 604 (3%) | 7300 (5%) | 305 (50%) | 75 (12%) | 429 (71%) | 100 (17%) | 95 (16%) | 139 (23%) |
KISS | Aarau, Switzerland | Aug-Sep, Nov | Int | 427 (2%) | 2334 (1%) | 219 (51%) | 0 (0%) | 427 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 48 (11%) | 33 (8%) |
MAGIC | Glasgow, UK | Sep-Nov | CS | 429 (2%) | 2080 (1%) | 215 (50%) | 429 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 70 (16%) | 17 (4%) |
PEACH | Bristol, UK | Jan-Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep-Dec * | Long | 1204 (5%) | 10,011 (6%) | 619 (51%) | 0 (0%) | 1204 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 216 (18%) | 71 (6%) |
SPEEDY | Norwich, UK | Feb-Jul | CS | 1977 (8%) | 9761 (6%) | 1101 (56%) | 0 (0%) | 1977 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 358 (18%) | 116 (6%) |
Project TAAG | Columbia (SC), USA | Jan-Mar* | Int | 754 (3%) | 4070 (3%) | 754 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 203 (27%) | 551 (73%) | 164 (22%) | 127 (17%) |
Minneapolis, USA | Jan-Apr* | 880 (4%) | 5633 (4%) | 880 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 177 (20%) | 703 (80%) | 159 (18%) | 69 (8%) | ||
New Orleans, USA | Jan-Apr* | 693 (3%) | 3907 (2%) | 693 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 200 (29%) | 493 (71%) | 171 (25%) | 136 (20%) | ||
San Diego, USA | Jan-Apr* | 869 (4%) | 5185 (3%) | 869 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 212 (24%) | 657 (76%) | 193 (22%) | 138 (16%) | ||
Tucson, USA | Jan-Apr* | 653 (3%) | 4113 (3%) | 653 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 234 (36%) | 419 (64%) | 127 (19%) | 59 (9%) | ||
Washington DC, USA | Jan-May* | 845 (4%) | 4894 (3%) | 845 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 194 (23%) | 651 (77%) | 169 (20%) | 111 (13%) | ||
All | 23,451 (100%) | 158,824 (100%) | 14,525 (62%) | 1667 (7%) | 14,128 (60%) | 7656 (33%) | 4020 (17%) | 1775 (8%) | |||