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Table 2 Screen time, physical activity, cardiometabolic biomarkers (means ± SD) of 1,961 Dutch 5-6 yr old children

From: Screen time and cardiometabolic function in Dutch 5–6 year olds: cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD-study

 

Boys N = 1,000

Girls N = 961

Playing outside (0–5 hrs/day)

1.9 (±0.8)

1.9 (±0.7)

Walking to school (%)

  

• Never

43%

41%

• 1-4×/wk

34%

36%

• 5×/wk

23%

23%

Biking to school (%)

  

• Never

65%

67%

• 1-4×/wk

30%

29%

• 5×/wk

5%

4%

Sports (hrs/wk, possible range: 0–4)

0.6 (±0.8)

0.7 (±0.8)*

PA score (possible range: 0–4)

1.3 (±0.6)

1.3 (±0.6)

TV/DVD/video time (hrs/day, possible range: 0–5)

1.2 (±0.8)

1.1 (±0.8)*

Computer and electronic games (hrs/day possible range: 0–5)

0.3 (±0.5)

0.2 (±0.4)*

WC (cm)

52.8 (±3.4)

51.9 (±3.7)*

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

98.6 (±8.5)

97.8 (±8.4)

Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

58.3 (±8.4)

59.7 (±8.1)*

Glucose (mmol/l)

4.6 (±0.5)

4.5 (±0.4)*

LDLC (mmol/l)

2.2 (±0.6)

2.4 (±0.7)*

HDLC (mmol/l)

1.3 (±0.3)

1.3 (±0.3)

Tiglycerides (mmol/l)

0.6 (±0.3)

0.7 (±0.3)*

Cardiometabolic function score (z-score)a

0.0 (±0.5)

0.0 (±0.5)

  1. *p < 0.05.
  2. LDLC = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDLC = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, WC = waist circumference.
  3. aHigher values indicating better cardiometabolic function.