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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the entire study sample (N = 270)

From: Active commuting to school, cognitive performance, and academic achievement: an observational study in Dutch adolescents using accelerometers

 

Mean ± SD

Frequencies (%)

95% confidence limits

Age

13.42 ± 1.28

 

13.27 – 13.57

Sex

   

Boys

143 (53.0%)

Girls

127

Ethnicity

   

Native Dutch

248 (91.9%)

Non-native Dutch

22

Academic year

   

Grade 7

136 (50.4%)

Grade 9

134

School level

   

Senior general secondary education

73 (27.0%)

University preparatory education

197

SES

   

Low-medium

65 (24.4%)

High

201

BMI (kg/m 2 )

19.14 ± 2.70

 

18.81 – 19.46

Depressive symptoms

10.86 ± 8.26

 

9.86 – 11.86

Total time spent moving per week (min.)

834.60 ± 215.21

 

806.76 – 862.44

Active commuting to school (min./week)

230.80 ± 94.75

 

219.44 – 242.15

Time spent moving per week corrected for active commuting to school (min.)

602.90 ± 188.91

 

578.46 – 627.33

Active commuting to school as % of total time spent moving per week

28.15 ± 10.34

 

26.60 – 30.40

D2 Test of attention

175.84 ± 26.66

 

172.61 – 179.06

Symbol Digit Modalities Test

60.11 ± 10.50

 

58.83 – 61.40

Academic Achievement

6.83 ± 0.78

 

6.73 – 6.92

Mathematics performance

6.97 ± 1.10

 

6.84 – 7.10

  1. SES, socioeconomic status; BMI, body mass index.