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Table 2 Anthropometry and physical activity of children in the intervention and the control group at 7 years of age

From: Body mass index and physical activity in seven-year-old children whose mothers exercised during pregnancy: follow-up of a multicentre randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention (n = 164)

Control (n = 117)

 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

p value

Anthropometry

 Heighta, cm

127.4

(5.8)

127.0

(5.9)

0.631

 Weightb, kg

25.2

(4.1)

25.3

(4.8)

0.963

 BMIc, kg/m2

15.5

(1.7)

15.6

(2.6)

0.865

 Iso-BMIc, kg/m2

19.4

(2.7)

19.3

(3.1)

0.957

 Iso-BMI ≥25 kg/m2c, n (%)

10

(7.6)

7

(7.2)

0.918

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

Daily MVPAd

 1 h or more

109

(66.5)

68

(59.1)

0.211

Frequency of leisure time MVPA

 Never

1

(0.6)

2

(1.7)

 

 Once a month or less

4

(2.4)

1

(0.9)

 

 Once a week

33

(20.1)

33

(28.2)

0.057

 2 to 3 times a week

93

(56.7)

67

(57.3)

 

 4 to 6 times a week

30

(18.3)

12

(10.3)

 

 Every day

3

(1.8)

2

(1.7)

 

Weekly leisure time MVPA

 None

4

(2.4)

5

(4.3)

 

 1 h

51

(31.1)

36

(30.8)

 

 2 to 3 h

79

(48.2)

59

(50.4)

0.551

 4 to 6 h

28

(17.1)

13

(11.1)

 

 7 h or more

2

(1.2)

4

(3.4)

 

Intensity of PAe

 Easy

22

(13.4)

12

(10.3)

 

 Out of breath

137

(83.5)

98

(84.5)

0.305

 Almost exhausted

5

(3.0)

6

(5.2)

 

Daily use of electronical devicesf

 Less than ½ hour

13

(8.0)

9

(7.7)

 

 ½ to 1 h

118

(72.4)

73

(62.4)

0.091

 2 to 3 h

32

(19.6)

35

(29.9)

 

Hours of sleep per weeknightf

 8 h or less

3

(1.8)

1

(0.9)

 

 9 h

13

(8.0)

10

(8.5)

 

 10 h

92

(56.4)

74

(63.2)

0.375

 11 h

53

(32.5)

31

(26.5)

 

 12 h or more

2

(1.2)

1

(0.9)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, Iso-BMI BMI adjusted for age and sex, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activity, PA physical activity, SD standard deviation
  2. aMissing data for seven children in the intervention group and nine children in the control group
  3. bMissing data for 31 children in the intervention group and 20 children in the control group
  4. cMissing data for 32 children in the intervention group and 20 children in the control group
  5. dMissing data for two children in the control group
  6. eMissing data for one child in the control group
  7. fMissing data for one child in the intervention group