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Table 2 Physical activity for all participants, and by gender

From: Associations between objectively assessed child and parental physical activity: a cross-sectional study of families with 5–6 year old children

 

Father

Mother

Boys

Girls

All children

 

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

MVPA Overall

423

52.1

24.5

651

49.0

22.7

436

72.0

21.2

386

62.4

17.0

822

67.5

19.9

MVPA Weekday

424

55.9

29.4

680

53.3

25.2

452

72.3

21.4

402

62.4

17.8

854

67.6

20.4

MVPA Weekend

419

45.6

27.8

627

42.7

35.5

415

70.7

29.8

370

61.9

23.6

785

66.6

27.4

PA guideline**

n

Met (%)

Not met (%)

n

Met (%)

Not met (%)

n

Met (%)

Not met (%)

n

Met (%)

Not met (%)

n

Met (%)

Not met (%)

Overall

423

85.1

14.9

651

80.2

19.8

436

70.9

29.1

386

53.1

46.9

822

62.5

37.5

Weekday

424

84.2

15.8

680

83.2

16.8

452

69.9

30.1

402

52.7

47.3

854

61.8

38.2

Weekend

419

65.4

34.6

627

61.4

38.6

415

60.0

40.0

370

51.4

48.7

785

55.9

44.1

  1. **Current UK recommendations for children: 60 mins MVPA per day; for adults: 30 mins MVPA per day; % ages met and not met.