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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics and number of children with valid data from each study center

From: High-intensity activity is more strongly associated with metabolic health in children compared to sedentary time: a cross-sectional study of the I.Family cohort

  

All

Italy

Hungary

Germany

Spain

Sweden

Poland

Sex

% male

49.4%

52.0%

47.6%

47.2%

47.9%

48.8%

55.6%

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

Age (years)

mean

10.9

11.1

11.3

11.5

10.7

10.8

8.8

SD

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.3

2.2

3.8

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

BMI (kg/m2)

mean

19.1

21.3

18.7

19.0

18.4

17.6

17.6

SD

4.0

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.2

2.7

3.5

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

MetS score

mean

1.23

1.98

1.99

0.35

0.20

−0.33

 

SD

3.08

3.02

3.15

2.97

2.41

2.54

 

n

1183

335

369

208

141

130

0

SBP (mmHg)

mean

106.4

106.8

108.2

106.0

105.8

103.8

 

SD

9.2

9.2

10.3

9.1

8.3

7.5

 

n

2325

588

564

400

481

292

0

DBP (mmHg)

mean

64.7

64.5

65.8

63.1

65.0

64.3

 

SD

6.2

6.3

6.8

6.1

5.6

5.4

 

n

2325

588

564

400

481

292

0

HDL (mg/dl)

mean

59.5

56.8

56.3

60.0

65.8

59.3

 

SD

13.7

11.9

13.8

14.0

13.5

13.3

 

n

1691

432

439

267

398

155

0

IR (pg/ml∙mg/dl)

mean

1.88

1.74

2.62

1.77

1.10

1.17

 

SD

2.33

1.26

3.62

1.43

0.94

0.93

 

n

1228

340

388

212

151

137

0

SED (min/day)

mean

716.7

742.6

721.9

729.7

703.6

677.4

689.1

SD

84.4

74.1

77.9

87.1

72.7

102.0

88.1

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

LPA (min/day)

mean

196.1

194.9

194.2

189.9

196.3

193.7

220.6

SD

50.8

51.2

51.3

51.6

46.4

41.3

62.2

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

MPA (min/day)

mean

98.2

77.3

95.1

92.3

108.3

134.1

102.9

SD

40.8

28.8

29.7

36.4

31.0

66.7

33.1

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

VPA (min/day)

mean

6.55

4.02

6.42

5.87

8.47

10.06

5.83

SD

5.44

3.32

5.14

5.56

5.71

6.71

3.66

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

VVPA (min/day)

mean

2.46

1.17

2.34

2.19

3.35

4.72

1.58

SD

3.14

1.64

2.69

2.56

3.03

5.42

1.75

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

MVPA (min/day)

mean

107.3

82.5

103.9

100.3

120.1

148.9

110.3

SD

46.7

32.1

34.4

42.0

36.6

75.4

36.3

n

2592

588

567

436

497

299

205

  1. MetS metabolic syndrome score including waist circumference, blood pressure, blood lipids and insulin resistance. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL high density lipoprotein, IR insulin resistance from homeostatic model assessment, SED sedentary, LPA light physical activity (PA), MPA moderate PA, VPA vigorous PA, VVPA very-vigorous PA, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous PA