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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants

From: Movement behaviours, breakfast consumption, and fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents

 

Full sample

(n = 12,759)

Females

(n = 7,156)

Males

(n = 5,603)

p value

Age (years)

    

 Mean (SD)

15.2 (1.8)

15.2 (1.9)

15.3 (1.7)

0.339

Ethnoracial background

    

 White

50.1

50.5

49.7

0.336

 Black

8.8

9.3

8.4

 

 East/South-East Asian

14.7

13.7

15.7

 

 South Asian

10.0

10.0

10.0

 

 Other

16.4

16.6

16.2

 

Subjective socioeconomic status

    

 Mean (SD)

6.9 (1.7)

6.9 (1.8)

6.9 (1.5)

 < 0.001

Body mass index z-score

    

 Mean (SD)

0.3 (1.1)

0.3 (1.3)

0.3 (1.0)

0.578

Physical activity

    

 Not met

79.0

84.7

73.6

 < 0.001

 Met

21.0

15.3

26.5

 

Screen time

    

 Not met

76.0

77.3

74.8

0.041

 Met

24.0

22.7

25.2

 

Sleep duration

    

 Not met

66.7

71.7

61.8

 < 0.001

 Met

33.3

28.3

38.2

 

Combinations of movement recommendations

    

 Met none

44.6

50.3

39.1

 < 0.001

 Physical activity only

8.7

7.2

10.1

 

 Screen time only

9.9

11.4

8.6

 

 Sleep duration only

17.5

16.7

18.4

 

 Physical activity and screen time only

3.5

2.9

4.1

 

 Physical activity and sleep only

5.3

3.2

7.3

 

 Screen time and sleep duration only

7.0

6.3

7.6

 

 Met all three recommendations

3.6

2.2

5.0

 

Breakfast consumption

    

 [Min: 1, Max: 4]

    

 Median

3

3

3

 

Fruit and vegetable intake

    

 [Min: 1, Max: 7]

    

 Median

4

4

4

 
  1. Data are shown as weighted column %, unless otherwise indicated. SD standard deviation