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Table 2 Percentage of Thai children and youth who met physical activity guideline by region, age group, and sex

From: “Are Thai children and youth sufficiently active? prevalence and correlates of physical activity from a nationally representative cross-sectional study”

Region

Total (n = 13254*)

6-9 years (n = 4273)

10-13 years (n = 4485)

14-17 years (n = 4496)

Boy

Girl

Boy

Girl

Boy

Girl

n (%)

(95%CI)

n (%)

(95%CI)

n (%)

(95%CI)

n (%)

(95%CI)

n (%)

(95%CI)

n (%)

(95%CI)

n (%)

(95%CI)

Bangkoka, b, c

310 (26.7)

(24.2-29.3)

63 (37.5)

(30.5-45.0)

30 (18.8)

(13.5-25.5)

62 (32.8)

(26.5-39.8)

34 (18.7)

(13.7-25.0)

70 (33.3)

(27.3-40.0)

51 (20.1)

(15.6-25.4)

Centralc

295 (25.2)

(22.8-27.8)

55 (28.2)

(22.4-34.9)

39 (21.4)

(16.1-28.0)

63 (30.1)

(24.3-36.7)

50 (25.6)

(20.0-32.2)

49 (28.5)

(22.3-35.7)

39 (18.1)

(13.5-25.4)

Eastb, c

193 (18.6)

(16.4-21.1)

38 (21.3)

(16.0-27.9)

25 (15.2)

(10.5-21.4)

55 (29.9)

(23.7-36.9)

23 (13.3)

(9.0-19.2)

34 (22.2)

(16.4-29.4)

18 (9.8)

(6.3-23.7)

West

161 (16.0)

(13.9-18.4)

35 (20.2)

(14.9-26.8)

26 (16.1)

(11.3-22.6)

35 (19.7)

(14.5-26.1)

20 (11.8)

(7.8-17.6)

24 (16.3)

(11.2-23.1)

21 (11.9)

(7.9-15.0)

Northa, b, c

474 (20.7)

(19.1-22.4)

112 (30.5)

(26.0-35.4)

43 (12.6)

(9.5-16.5)

127 (32.4)

(28.0-37.2)

53 (14.3)

(11.1-18.3)

103 (27.8)

(23.5-32.6)

36 (8.0)

(5.9-17.6)

Southa, b, c

477 (25.0)

(23.1-27.0)

131 (34.4)

(29.8-39.3)

87 (24.9)

(20.7-29.7)

96 (28.9)

(24.3-34.0)

64 (20.3)

(16.2-25.1)

63 (27.6)

(22.2-33.8)

36 (11.9)

(8.7-10.9)

North Easta, b, c

1185 (25.3)

(24.1-26.6)

211 (28.2)

(25.1-31.5)

149 (21.2)

(18.3-24.3)

314 (38.1)

(34.8-41.4)

185 (24.0)

(21.1-27.1)

224 (30.7)

(27.5-34.1)

102 (11.3)

(9.4-16.0)

Total

3095 (234)

(22.6-24.1)

645 (29.2)

(27.3-31.1)

399 (19.3)

(17.7-21.1)

752 (32.6)

(30.7-34.5)

429 (19.7)

(18.1-21.4)

567 (28.2)

(22.6-30.2)

303 (12.2)

(11.0-13.5)

  1. *The total count is different from Table 1, due to rounded cell counts. a=Significant difference between genders for ages 6-9 years at p < 0.05. b=Significant difference between genders for ages 10-13 years at p < 0.05. c=Significant difference between genders for ages 14-17 years at p < 0.05