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Table 2 Percentage of participants according to time spent in sedentary behaviors by age groups and sex in total sample

From: Sedentary behavior among Spanish children and adolescents: findings from the ANIBES study

  

Children

  

Adolescents

 

p (age diff)

 

Males

  

Females

 

p (sexes diff)

 

<2 h

2–4 h

> 4 h

< 2 h

2–4 h

> 4 h

 

< 2 h

2–4 h

> 4 h

< 2 h

2–4 h

> 4 h

 

TV viewing

Weekdays

83.1

16.4

0.5

74.9

20.7

4.4

0.048

80.1

17.8

2.2

76.3

19.9

3.8

0.428

Weekend*†

41.8

48.8

8.9

40.2

46.1

13.7

0.307

42.4

47.2

10.4

40.5

45.8

13.7

45.8

Computer Games

Weekdays

98.6

1.4

0.0

91.0

8.0

1.0

0.005

93.4

6.1

0.4

89.8

9.4

0.8

0.345

Weekend*†

86.3

11.9

1.9

76.1

19.9

4.0

0.040

74.9

21.1

4.0

69.

26.4

4.7

0.350

Console Games

Weekdays

98.1

1.4

0.5

94.9

4.6

0.5

0.173

95.0

4.6

0.4

93.6

6.5

0.0

0.400

Weekend*†

86.6

11.0

2.4

82.1

13.8

4.1

0.413

78.1

17.5

4.5

75.8

19.4

4.8

0.838

Internet (non-study)

Weekdays

94.8

4.3

1.0

81.0

14.5

4.5

0.001

89.1

7.9

3.0

84.4

10.9

4.7

0.380

Weekend*†

89.2

8.0

2.4

64.2

25.4

10.5

<0.001

77.2

16.5

6.3

68.2

22.5

9.3

0.088

Internet (study reasons)

Weekdays

96.7

1.9

0.9

94.6

4.5

1.0

0.325

96.3

3.2

0.4

95.4

3.9

0.8

0.713

Weekend

96.1

1.0

0.0

91.0

8.0

1.0

0.001

96.1

3.4

0.4

93.8

5.5

0.8

0.512

Studying (without internet)

Weekdays

74.2

12.2

13.6

63.9

19.8

16.3

0.053

70.6

14.1

15.3

67.4

17.1

15.5

0.655

Weekend*†

78.9

20.2

0.9

77.7

18.3

4.0

0.127

78.7

20.0

1.3

77.5

20.2

2.3

0.752

  1. Sex, age and weekdays-weekend differences using Fisher’s exact test Bonferroni’s correction
  2. * p < 0.001 weekdays vs. weekend in males; † p < 0.001 weekdays vs weekend in females