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Table 2 Prevalence of sedentary lifestyle among adolescents from public and private schools (n = 862), Goiânia, Brazil, 2010–2011

From: Sedentary lifestyle and its associated factors among adolescents from public and private schools of a Brazilian state capital

 

Public School

(n = 596)

Private School

(n = 266)

Variables

n (%)

Crude PRa

pb

n (%)

Crude PRa

Pb

Gender

 Male

150 (53.6%)

0.70

<0.001*

71 (55.9%)

0.67

<0.001*

 Female

240 (76.0%)

1

 

115 (82.7%)

1

 

Age (years)

 14–15

204 (66.7%)

1

 

104 (72.2%)

1

 

 16–18

186 (64.1%)

0.96

0.517

82 (67.2%)

0.93

0.380

Skin colour

 Non-white

201 (63.6%)

0.94

0.303

68 (65.4%)

0.90

0.210

 White

188 (67.6%)

1

 

118 (72.8%)

1

 

Socioeconomic classification

 A - B

113 (60.8%)

1

 

135 (71.4%)

1

 

 C

254 (67.2%)

1.10

0.145

50 (66.7%)

0.93

0.462

 D - E

23 (71.9%)

1.18

0.180

1 (50.0%)

0.70

0.615

Tobacco use

 No

386 (66.1%)

1

 

185 (70.0%)

1

 

 Yes

4 (33.3%)

0.50

0.095

1 (50.0%)

0.71

0.634

Alcohol consumption

 No

107 (59.8%)

1

 

43 (70.5%)

1

 

 Yes

283 (67.9%)

1.13

0.070

143 (69.8%)

0.99

0.912

Altered BPc

 No

332 (66.5%)

1

 

147 (69.0%)

1

 

 Yes

58 (59.8%)

0.90

0.231

39 (73.6%)

1.07

0.497

Altered WCd

 No

336 (64.2%)

1

 

155 (71.1%)

1

 

 Yes

54 (74.0%)

1.15

0.066

31 (64.6%)

0.91

0.405

Overweight

 No

320 (66.1%)

0.95

0.483

141 (71.2%)

0.93

 

 Yes

70 (62.5%)

1

 

45 (66.2%)

1

0.454

  1. aPrevalence ratio; bPoisson regression; cBlood pressure; dWaist circumference
  2. *Statistically significant at p < 0.05