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Table 3 Physical activity level, screen time, breakfast eating frequency, intake of sugar-sweetened soda, fruits and vegetables

From: Gender-related differences in cardiometabolic risk factors and lifestyle behaviors in treatment-seeking adolescents with severe obesity

 

Boys, n (%)

Girls, n (%)

P-value

Physical activity level

  

0.704

 Low

46 (36)

42 (31)

 

 Moderate

72 (56)

82 (61)

 

 High

10 (8)

10 (8)

 

Screen time

  

0.032

 Low

11 (8)

15 (11)

 

 Moderate

38 (29)

57 (42)

 

 High

82 (63)

63 (47)

 

Breakfast eating

  

0.023

 Skipping regularly

21 (17)

36 (28)

 

 Sometimes

25 (20)

33 (25)

 

 Regularly

81 (64)

62 (47)

 

Sugar-sweetened soda

  

0.036

 Low

27 (22)

44 (34)

 

 Moderate

56 (46)

59 (46)

 

 High

38 (31)

25 (20)

 

Fruits and berries

  

0.179

 Low

28 (23)

18 (14)

 

 Moderate

62 (50)

65 (51)

 

 High

34 (27)

44 (35)

 

Vegetables

  

0.011

 Low

31 (24)

14 (11)

 

 Moderate

73 (58)

81 (63)

 

 High

23 (18)

34 (26)

 
  1. Fisher’s exact test