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Table 1 Mean (1 standard deviation) patient characteristics

From: Tracking physical activity in different settings from late childhood to early adulthood in Germany: the MoMo longitudinal study

  

LTPA (min./week)

SCPA (min./week)

OPA (days/week)

OS index (min./week)

Indices – t 0

Overall

 

74.1 ± 98.0

218.6 ± 122.8

3.47 ± 1.82

292.7 ± 164.5

N = 924

N = 296

N = 947

N = 932

Sex

boys

81.3 ± 107.0

231.1 ± 124.2

3.78 ± 1.80

312.4 ± 171.0

N = 438

N = 168

N = 447

N = 438

girls

67.3 ± 88.1

200.5 ± 118.6

3.15 ± 1.78

267.8 ± 151.2

N = 496

N = 128

N = 500

N = 494

Age

young group

86.4 ± 104.5

112.6 ± 112.8

3.82 ± 1.75

199.0 ± 145.3

N = 116

N = 55

N = 117

N = 117

old group

72.9 ± 97.3

107.9 ± 135.0

3.43 ± 1.82

180.0 ± 179.6

N = 818

N = 241

N = 830

N = 815

SES

low

64.5 ± 101.4

189.3 ± 107.1

3.29 ± 1.91

253.8 ± 134.6

N = 185

N = 39

N = 186

N = 184

middle

81.9 ± 100.6

224.6 ± 120.7

3.70 ± 1.76

306.5 ± 170.6

N = 485

N = 166

N = 494

N = 483

high

69.6 ± 89.8

222.0 ± 133.1

3.15 ± 1.78

291.6 ± 158.6

N = 262

N = 91

N = 265

N = 263

Indices – t 1

Overall

 

74.1 ± 93.5

222.2 ± 133.1

3.31 ± 1.86

296.3 ± 163.2

Sex

boys

82.6 ± 102.1

250.5 ± 132.9

3.48 ± 1.85

333.1 ± 165.3

girls

64.2 ± 83.5

181.0 ± 122.6

3.15 ± 1.87

245.2 ± 147.2

Age

young group

58.6 ± 87.2

134.4 ± 168.0

3.20 ± 1.79

193.0 ± 170.2

old group

74.6 ± 93.9

72.3 ± 5.4

3.32 ± 1.87

146.9 ± 162.3

SES

low

64.2 ± 96.9

230.0 ± 109.3

3.22 ± 1.83

294.2 ± 146.4

middle

73.3 ± 89.4

231.5 ± 132.2

3.30 ± 1.88

304.8 ± 159.5

high

82.2 ± 97.0

199.0 ± 144.5

3.38 ± 1.88

281.2 ± 177.9

Indices – t 1 -t 0

Overall

 

−0.03 ± 128.46

−3.57 ± 155.65

0.16 ± 2.30*

−3.6 ± 192.2*

Sex

boys

−1.34 ± 141.59

−19.37 ± 161.68

0.30 ± 2.31*

−20.7 ± 206.4*

girls

3.05 ± 114.70

19.43 ± 143.84

0.00 ± 2.28

22.6 ± 167.7*

Age

young group

27.89 ± 139.01*

−21.84 ± 140.89

0.62 ± 2.10*

6.0 ± 183.0

old group

−1.67 ± 127.16

35.67 ± 154.33

0.11 ± 2.32

33.1 ± 192.9*

SES

low

0.27 ± 138.53

−40.70 ± 115.00*

0.07 ± 2.12

−40.4 ± 176.7*

middle

8.62 ± 125.98

−6.90 ± 151.05

0.40 ± 2.40*

1.7 ± 186.8

high

−13.75 ± 124.12

22.96 ± 178.53

−0.23 ± 2.25*

10.4 ± 202.3*

  1. (*p < .05).
  2. SES – socioeconomic status; LTPA – leisure-time PA; SCPA – sport club PA; OPA – overall PA.
  3. OS index – overall sports index. Only subjects with data for baseline and wave 1 were included in the analysis, and hence the number of subjects at t0 and t1 are the same.
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