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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the population

From: Active transport between home and school assessed with GPS: a cross-sectional study among Dutch elementary school children

 

Total

Boys

Girls

 

n

Mean± SD

n

Mean± SD

n

Mean± SD

Age (years)

79

8.6 ± 1.4

37

8.6 ± 1.3

42

8.5 ± 1.4

Body height (cm)

78

137.5 ± 9.6

36

138.0 ± 9.3

42

137.0 ± 10.0

Body weight (kg)

78

34.8 ± 10.3

36

34.8 ± 9.5

42

34.9 ± 10.9

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

BMI category

      

 Normal

53

67.9

26

72.2

27

64.3

 Overweight

25

32.1

10

17.8

15

35.7

City

      

 Haarlem

8

10.1

2

5.4

6

14.3

 Amersfoort

30

38.0

16

43.2

14

33.3

 Hengelo

24

30.4

12

32.4

12

28.6

 Vlaardingen

8

10.1

4

10.8

4

9.5

 Rotterdam

9

11.4

3

8.1

6

14.3

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