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Table 3 Percentage of participants according to time spent in sedentary behaviors by sex inside each age groups

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

 

Male Children

Female Children

p (sex diff)

Male Adolescents

Female Adolescents

p (sex 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

84.9

15.1

0.0

80.5

18.4

1.1

0.383

76.3

19.8

3.8

72.2

22.2

5.6

0.760

Weekend*†

45.2

49.2

5.6

37.2

48.8

14.0

0.090

40.5

45.8

13.7

39.7

46.6

13.7

0.994

Computer Games

Weekdays

97.6

2.4

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.152

89.8

9.4

0.8

93.1

5.6

1.4

0.588

Weekend*†

82.5

14.3

3.2

91.8

8.2

0.0

0.092

69.0

26.4

4.7

88.9

8.3

2.8

0.005

Console Games

Weekdays

96.8

2.4

0.8

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.261

93.5

6.5

0.0

97.2

1.4

1.4

0.270

Weekend*†

81.0

15.1

4.0

95.2

4.8

0.0

0.035

75.8

19.4

4.8

93.1

4.2

2.8

0.004

Internet (non-study)

Weekdays

95.2

4.0

0.8

94.1

4.7

1.2

0.928

84.4

10.9

4.7

75.0

20.8

4.2

0.162

Weekend*†

88.9

8.7

2.4

90.7

7.0

2.3

0.162

68.2

22.5

9.3

56.9

30.6

12.5

0.279

Internet (study reasons)

Weekdays

97.6

2.4

0.0

96.5

1.2

2.3

0.188

95.3

3.9

0.8

93.2

5.5

1.4

0.795

Weekend

99.2

0.8

0.0

98.8

1.2

0.0

0.778

93.8

5.5

0.8

86.3

12.3

1.4

0.203

Studying (without internet)

Weekdays

74.6

10.3

15.1

73.6

14.9

11.5

0.498

67.4

17.1

15.5

57.5

24.7

17.8

0.328

Weekend*†

80.2

19.8

0.0

77.0

20.7

2.3

0.225

77.5

20.2

2.3

78.1

15.1

6.8

0.216

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