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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study sample (n = 169)

From: The association between 24-h movement behaviours and adiposity among Australian preschoolers: a compositional data analysis

 

Total (n = 169)

Non-overweight (82.8%, n = 145)

Overweight/obese (14.2%, n = 24)

Socio-demographics

Boys (%)

53.8 (n = 91)

53.8 (n = 78)

54.2 (n = 13)

Mean Age in years (SD)

4.64 (0.72)

4.57 (0.71)

5.03 (0.66)*

Parental education (%)

 Low

52.1 (n = 88)

50.3 (n = 73)

62.5 (n = 15)

 High

47.9 (n = 81)

49.7 (n = 72)

37.5 (n = 9)

Mean BMI (kg/m2) (SD)

16.30 (1.72)

15.88 (1.05)

18.84 (2.61)**

Mean BMI z-score (SD)

0.64 (1.04)

0.40 (0.73)

2.12 (1.37)**

24-h movement behaviour composition in minutes/day

 1) Arithmetic mean (SD)

 2) Compositional mean (% of the day)

Sleep duration

 1)

644 (77)

649 (74)

611 (91)*

 2)

694 (48)

698 (48)

669 (46)*

SB

 1)

315 (52)

317 (48)

306 (73)

 2)

338 (24)

339 (24)

328 (23)

LPA

 1)

286 (37)

285 (38)

297 (31)

 2)

309 (21)

306 (21)

327 (23)

MVPA

 1)

95 (26)

93 (25)

109 (30)*

 2)

100 (7)

97 (7)

116 (8)*

  1. Abbreviations: Body Mass Index (BMI), sedentary behaviour (SB) physical activity (PA), light physical activity (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
  2. *Statistically significant between groups with 0.001 ≤ p < 0.05
  3. **Statistically significant between groups with p < 0.001
  4. Analyses within this table are not adjusted for covariates.