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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample at the three time points

From: Longitudinal changes in objectively measured physical activity differ for weekdays and weekends among Chinese children in Hong Kong

 

Baseline

1-yr follow-up

2-yr follow-up

ā‰„2 time pointsa

N consented to wear ActiGraph/distributed

1023/448

874/874

706/706

NA

N with returned ActiGraph

445

852

693

NA

N with ā‰„3 days of PA data including 1 weekend day (% of distributed sample)

263 (58.7)

537 (61.4)

421 (59.6)

412

Age (yrs)

7.8 (1.0)

8.6 (1.0)

9.5 (1.0)

7.6 (1.0)

Gender (% boys)

52.6

52.8

54.8

54.0

BMI (kgā‹…māˆ’2)

17.3 (3.1)

17.7 (3.3)

18.2 (3.5)

17.1 (3.0)

Overweight and obese (%)

25.8

24.6

26.2

24.1

Parental education level

4.3 (1.4)

4.5 (1.5)

4.5 (1.5)

4.5 (1.5)

Having sibling (%)

62.7

64.9

65.2

66.1

Marital status (% single parent)

12.9

10.4

10.4

8.8

Wearing time (minā‹…dāˆ’1)

789 (90)

796 (78)

801 (90)

793 (86)

MVPA (minā‹…dāˆ’1)

61.5 (23.3)

50.0 (20.4)

45.6 (20.7)

64.2 (22.7)

LPA (minā‹…dāˆ’1)

323.2 (67.3)

329.6 (62.4)

314.8 (64.4)

326.5 (65.8)

ST (minā‹…dāˆ’1)

402.1 (73.2)

414.7 (72.3)

439.8 (80.1)

402.9 (72.5)

% MVPA

8.2 (3.1)

6.4 (2.6)

5.9 (2.8)

8.4 (3.0)

% LPA

40.8 (6.6)

41.0 (6.4)

38.8 (6.9)

40.8 (6.5)

% ST

51.0 (8.1)

52.5 (7.6)

55.2 (8.3)

50.7 (7.9)

  1. Values are means (SD) unless otherwise specified; MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; LPA, light-intensity physical activity; ST sedentary time; BMI body mass index
  2. aFor those who provided valid accelerometer data for at least two time points (Nā€‰=ā€‰412), baseline data are presented