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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics: 6–19 year old 2007/09 Canadian health measures survey participants

From: The fractionalization of physical activity throughout the week is associated with the cardiometabolic health of children and youth

Variable

Total sample

Insufficiently active

Infrequently active

Frequently active

Age, years

12.4 (12.1, 12.8)

13.1 (12.6, 13.6)

12.0 (10.8, 13.2)

11.1 (10.3, 12.0)

MVPA

    

  Average min/day (mean)

55.1 (49.5, 60.7)

36.1 (34.1, 38.2)

70.0 (67.7, 72.3)

90.9 (85.0, 96.8)

  ≥60 min/day on average (%)

39.9 (31.8, 48.6)

0

100

100

BMI, kg/m2

20.3 (19.7, 20.8)

21.0 (20.2, 21.8)

19.4 (18.3, 20.6)

18.9 (17.9, 19.8)

Waist circumference, cm

68.7 (67.2, 70.2)

70.7 (68.3, 73.0)

66.1 (63.0, 69.2)

66.5 (62.3, 68.6)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

96.3 (95.1, 97.5)

97.1 (95.5, 98.7)

95.9 (93.7, 98.1)

94.7 (93.5, 95.9)

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

62.2 (61.1, 63.4)

62.7 (61.4, 64.1)

62.9 (60.5, 65.3)

60.8 (59.4, 62.1)

HDL-cholesterol, mmol/L

1.3 (1.3, 1.4)

1.3 (1.2, 1.4)

1.3 (1.3, 1.4)

1.4 (1.3, 1.4)

Triglycerides, mmol/L

0.8 (0.8, 0.9)

0.9 (0.8, 1.0)

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

0.7 (0.6, 0.8)

Insulin resistance, HOMA score

2.1 (1.96, 2.2)

2.2 (2.0, 2.4)

2.2 (1.6, 2.9)

1.6 (1.3, 1.9)

  1. Data for continuous variables are shown as mean (95% confidence interval).
  2. Data for categorical variables are shown as prevalence (95% confidence interval).