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Table 1 Behavioural variables distribution for boys and girls

From: Family-focused contextual factors associated with lifestyle patterns in young children from two mother-offspring cohorts: GUSTO and EDEN

 

GUSTO

n = 630

GUSTO boys

n = 330

GUSTO girls

n = 300

 

EDEN

n = 989

EDEN boys

n = 527

EDEN girls

n = 462

 

Behavioural variables

Median

(IQR)

Median

(IQR)

Median

(IQR)

p-value

Median

(IQR)

Median

(IQR)

Median

(IQR)

p-value

Fruit, freq/day

1.04 (1.00)

0.99 (1.00)

1.04 (1.04)

0.41

1.00 (1.14)

1.00 (1.14)

1.00 (0.86)

0.48

Vegetables, freq/day

1.29 (1.62)

1.29 (1.64)

1.26 (1.51)

0.89

1.00 (0.86)

1.00 (0.86)

1.00 (1.14)

0.52

Sugar sweetened beverages, freq/day

1.00 (1.07)

0.96 (1.04)

0.93 (1.08)

0.85

0.86 (0.98)

1.00 (0.93)

0.74 (0.88)

< 0.001

Desserts & sweet snacks, freq/day

1.14 (1.22)

1.11 (1.12)

1.04 (1.17)

0.81

1.36 (1.14)

1.36 (1.16)

1.36 (1.14)

0.28

Savoury snacks, freq/day

0.07 (0.14)

0.07 (0.14)

0.07 (0.14)

0.74

0.07 (0.05)

0.07 (0.27)

0.07 (0.05)

0.86

French fries, freq/day

0.09 (0.10)

0.09 (0.10)

0.07 (0.10)

0.46

0.07 (0.21)

0.07 (0.21)

0.07 (0.21)

0.10

Processed meat, freq/day

0.32 (0.43)

0.29 (0.43)

0.32 (0.43)

0.92

0.07 (0.21)

0.07 (0.21)

0.07 (0.21)

0.07

Walking, h/day

0.51 (0.88)

0.55 (0.86)

0.49 (0.86)

0.27

0.64 (0.52)

0.64 (0.55)

0.62 (0.52)

0.47

Outdoor playa

1.29 (1.50)

1.29 (1.35)

1.29 (1.52)

0.53

−0.19 (1.25)

− 0.11 (1.34)

− 0.27 (1.13)

0.001

Screen time, h/day

2.57 (2.71)

2.73 (2.71)

2.25 (2.28)

0.02

1.14 (1.00)

1.29 (1.14)

1.14 (1.07)

0.008

  1. Values are median (IQR). Mann Whitney tests were used to compare medians between girls and boys
  2. aOutdoor play is standardized by season in EDEN and expressed as h/day in GUSTO