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Table 1 Characteristics of children who participated in the accelerometer study per country

From: Study protocol of physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement among schoolchildren by accelerometry - Cross-sectional survey as part of the ENERGY-project

Country

Initial

number

Final

number*

Agea

(mean ± SD)

BMIa

(mean ± SD)

Gendera

(girl%)

Belgium

196

107

11.4 (0.7)

18.0 (2.6)

55.7

Greece

215

160

11.3 (0.6)

20.9 (3.9)

53.8

Hungary

194

147

12.2 (0.7)

19.9 (3.3)

50.0

Switzerland

277

206

11.4 (0.9)

17.8 (2.8)

58.0

the Netherlands

200

102

11.8 (0.6)

18.6 (3.0)

43.4

TOTAL

1082

722

11.7 (0.7)

18.9 (3.4)

53.2

  1. * The number of children after data reduction
  2. aBased on the final number of children
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