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Table 1 Participant descriptive statistics by non-school active travel frequency (n = 322)

From: Active travel to non-school destinations but not to school is associated with higher physical activity levels in an ethnically diverse sample of inner-city schoolchildren

 

Mean ± SD

 

Low (n = 154)

High (n = 168)

Age (years)

9.3 ± 2.3

9.7 ± 2.2

Body fat (%)

22.4 ± 7.9

22.8 ± 7.9

MVPA (mins/day)

27.6 ± 15.8

29.0 ± 18.4

Sedentary (mins/day)

368.8 ± 89.5

380 ± 89.8

Daily steps

9933.2 ± 2724.7

10208.1 ± 2753.1

Out-of-school MVPA (mins/day)a

14.5 (8.2, 24.5)

17.3 (8.9, 29.1)

Out-of-school sedentary (mins/day)

244.7 ± 91.5

244.0 ± 91.5

Out-of-school steps

6531.2 ± 2751.8

7150.7 ± 2741.5

  1. aOut-of-school MVPA data presented as median and interquartile range