Active and sedentary behaviours in children aged 7 to 10 years old: the urban and rural contexts, Brazil

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Daily time (in minutes) of active commuting to school and sedentary and active behaviours according to area of residence (urban and rural) in Brazil

	Area of residence
Variables	Urban			Rural			P-value*
	n	Median	Interquartile ranges	n	Median	Interquartile ranges
Active commuting
Home - school
	785	10	5-15	317	15	5-30	< 0.001
Home - bus stop
	72	5	3.0-6.75	108	1	1.0-3.0	< 0.001
Bus stop – school
	72	5	3.0-10.0	108	2	1.0-3.0	< 0.001
Total time (roundtrip to school)
	600	10	5.0-15.0	299	10	5.0-30.0	< 0.001
Sedentary behaviour
Television	202	180	120-240	521	180	120-184	< 0.001
Video game	351	60	60-120	90	30	20-60	< 0.001
Computer	553	60	30-120	91	30	25-60	< 0.001
Screen time	1216	240	180-330	521	180	120-220	< 0.001
Active behaviour
Play	918	132	90-210	479	180	120-240	< 0.001
Supervised physical activity
	356	120	120-240	66	120	90-180	0.18
Total time of physical activity
Daily	1242	120	30-195	528	180	90-242	< 0.001
Weekly	1242	840	191-1360	528	1260	630-1690	< 0.001

Screen time, total time for TV, video games and computer; Interquartile ranges: 25^th and 75^th percentiles.
*Mann-Whitney test for nonparametric distributions.

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