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Table 2 Prevalence of electronic media behaviors, physical activity, mean levels of BMI z-scores and prevalence of overweight and obesity across behavioral patterns

From: Are associations between electronic media use and BMI different across levels of physical activity?

 

Girls

Boys

 

Prevalence In sample

Overweight/obese prevalence within categories

Mean BMI z-score

95% CI

Prevalence In sample

Overweight/obese prevalence within categories

Mean BMI z-score

95% CI

Physical activity

MVPA < 7 days

89%

11%

−0.08

(−0.09 to −0.07)

79%

19%

0.11

(0.10 to 0.12)

MVPA 7 days

11%

9%

−0.19

(−0.21 to −0.16)

21%

14%

0.01

(−0.01 to 0.03)

Exceeding 2 hours using EM

No EM

23%

9%

−0.18

(−0.20 to −0.16)

19%

15%

0.01

(−0.01 to 0.03)

1 EM

34%

11%

−0.08

(−0.10 to −0.07)

28%

18%

0.10

(0.08 to 0.12)

2 EM

29%

11%

−0.07

(−0.08 to −0.05)

29%

19%

0.10

(0.08 to 0.12)

3 EM

14%

13%

−0.06

(−0.08 to −0.03)

24%

20%

0.12

(0.10 to 0.14)

Meeting PA guidelines and

No EM

3%

6%

−0.32

(−0.37 to −0.27)

5%

13%

−0.03

(−0.08 to 0.01)

1 EM

4%

9%

−0.15

(−0.19 to −0.10)

6%

15%

0.04

(0.00 to 0.08)

2 EM

3%

10%

−0.13

(−0.18 to −0.08)

5%

14%

0.01

(−0.03 to 0.05)

3 EM

1%

10%

−0.14

(−0.22 to −0.06)

5%

15%

0.01

(−0.03 to 0.06)

Not meeting PA guidelines and

No EM

20%

9%

−0.16

(−0.18 to −0.14)

14%

16%

0.03

(0.00 to 0.05)

1 EM

31%

11%

−0.07

(−0.09 to −0.06)

23%

19%

0.11

(0.09 to 0.13)

2 EM

26%

11%

−0.06

(−0.07 to −0.04)

23%

20%

0.13

(0.10 to 0.15)

3 EM

12%

13%

−0.05

(−0.07 to −0.02)

19%

21%

0.15

(0.12 to 0.17)

Total

 

11%

−0.10

(−0.11 to −0.09)

 

18%

0.09

(0.07 to 0.10)

  1. Confidence intervals account for dependency in data at the school class and on the country level.