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Table 1 Descriptive data analysis I: Child

From: A cross-sectional, exploratory survey on health-relevant free-time activities and body mass index in preschool children in urban and rural settings of Austria

  

Total

Urban

Rural

p

p-adjust

(n = 130)

(n = 58)

(n = 72)

Gender

male

50% (65)

51.7% (30)

48.6% (35)

0.7284

1

 

female

50% (65)

48.3% (28)

51.4% (37)

Age

years

4.5 (3-5.5)

4 (3-5.5)

4.5 (3-5.5)

0.059

0.649

Birth order

firstborn

48.5% (63)

50% (39)

47.2% (34)

0.3288

1

lastborn

41.5% (54)

43.1% (25)

40.3% (29)

other

10% (13)

6.9% (4)

12.5% (9)

Weight

kilogramm

18 (11.9-30.3)

16.5 (12.9-25.8)

18.7 (11.9-30.3)

0.149

1

Height

meters

1.07 (0.9-1.23)

1.05 (0.9-1.22)

1.1 (0.92-1.23)

0.435

1

BMI

kg/m2

15.82 (12.42-20.83)

15.83 (12.42-20.83)

15.81 (13.06-20.34)

0.535

1

Weight class

underweight

4.7% (6)

7% (4)

2.8% (2)

0.4558

1

normalweight

84.5% (109)

86% (49)

83.3% (60)

overweight w/o obesity

7% (9)

5.3% (3)

8.3% (6)

obesity

3.9% (5)

1.8% (1)

5.6% (4)

Physical activity

hours/week

12 (0-40)

12 (4-40)

12 (0-32)

0.746

1

Organized exercise

hours/week

0 (0-10)

0 (0-5)

1 (0-10)

0.001*

0.016*

Spontaneous exercise

hours/week

10 (2-40)

11 (3-40)

10 (2-30)

0.381

1

Sedentary behaviors

hours/week

13 (1-34)

14.5 (4-34)

10.75 (1-30)

0.010*

0.13

Sedentary activity

hours/week

7 (0-28)

10 (0-21)

7 (1-28)

0.030*

0.36

Media consumption

hours/week

4 (0-16)

5 (0-16)

4 (0-10)

0.007*

0.098

  1. Categorial data: frequency in%, (absolute number); 2-sided p-value Fisher’s Exact Test; Quantitative data: median (min - max); 2-sided p-value Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U test; * p-value <0.05. p-adjust value after Bonferroni correction. Urban n = 58, rural n = 72, except for Physical activity: rural n = 81