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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Life on holidays: differences in activity composition between school and holiday periods in Australian children

 

Boys

Girls

All

n (%)

172 (47)

194 (53)

366

Age (years)

13.4 (2.3)

13.4 (2.3)

13.4 (2.3)

BMI (kg/m2)

20.3 (4.0)

21.2 (4.1)

20.8 (4.1)

BMI z-score

0.51 (1.24)

0.57 (1.15)

0.54 (1.19)

% overweight/obese

27

30

29

SEIFA IRSD

1005 (66)

1001 (70)

1003 (68)

  1. Values shown are means (SDs) unless indicated
  2. BMI Body mass index, IRSD Index of Relative Social Disadvantage, SEIFA Socio-economic Indicators for Areas
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