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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Associations between physical activity patterns and dietary patterns in a representative sample of Polish girls aged 13-21 years: a cross-sectional study (GEBaHealth Project)

  

Total sample

Number of participants

 

1107

Gender

Female (%)

1107 (100.0)

Age (years)

Mean (95 % Confidence interval)

17.3 (17.1; 17.4)

 

Minimum – maximum

13–21

SES Index a

Low

401 (36.2)

 

Medium

339 (30.6)

 

High

367 (33.2)

Mother’s education

Primary/lower secondary (%)

441 (39.8)

 

Upper secondary (%)

484 (43.8)

 

Higher (%)

182 (16.5)

Father’s education

Primary/lower secondary (%)

579 (52.4)

 

Upper secondary (%)

389 (35.1)

 

Higher (%)

139 (12.5)

Residence

Country (%)

521 (47.1)

 

Town (%)

348 (31.4)

 

City (%)

238 (21.5)

Economic status

Below average (%)

44 (3.9)

 

Average (%)

885 (80.0)

 

Above average (%)

178 (16.1)

BMI category b

Thinnest grade 3 (%)

0 (0)

 

Thinnest grade 2 (%)

5 (0.5)

 

Thinnest grade 1 (%)

105 (9.7)

 

Normal weight (%)

849 (77.7)

 

Overweight (%)

115 (10.5)

 

Obesity

18 (1.6)

Physical activity c

Low (%)

509 (47.1)

 

Moderate (%)

550 (50.9)

 

High (%)

21 (2.0)

  1. Sample size may vary in each variables due to missing data. All data adjusted for sample weights
  2. a SES index categories based on tertile distribution
  3. b BMI: body mass index (n = 1092); Weight status categories assigned according to IOTF standards [44]; for girls 13–18 years old BMI age-sex-specific cut-offs were corresponding to the values at age 18; for girls >18 years old according to cut-offs for girls at age 18 (adults)
  4. c Physical activity classification: low: <600 MET-minutes/week, moderate: 600–2999 MET-minutes/week, high: ≥3000 MET-minutes/week, according to IPAQ protocol [40]
  5. 95 % CI (Confidence Interval)
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