Table 1 Physical activity level at age 15 and 18 years in ethnic Norwegian and ethnic minority adolescents.
Physical activity | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnic Norwegian | Ethnic minority | ||||||||
n | Mean | 95%CI* | n | Mean | 95%CI* | p ethnicity | |||
Boys | |||||||||
15 years (baseline) | 892 | 5.35 | 5.13 | 5.58 | 211 | 5.00 | 4.55 | 5.46 | 0.18 |
18 years (follow-up) | 897 | 4.61 | 4.38 | 4.84 | 209 | 4.37 | 3.92 | 4.83 | 0.38 |
Δ ** (follow-up-baseline) | 889 | -0.73 | -0.96 | -0.58 | 209 | -0.61 | -1.17 | -0.06 | 0.67 |
Girls | |||||||||
15 years (baseline) | 1058 | 4.00 | 3.82 | 4.18 | 283 | 2.43 | 2.16 | 2.70 | < 0.001 |
18 years (follow-up) | 1066 | 3.58 | 3.41 | 3.77 | 287 | 2.01 | 1.74 | 2.27 | < 0.001 |
Δ ** (follow-up-baseline) | 1044 | -0.38 | -0.56 | -0.20 | 274 | -0.47 | -0.77 | -0.16 | 0.66 |