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Table 4 Percentages of children meeting physical activity recommendations by type of days

From: Descriptive analysis of preschool physical activity and sedentary behaviors – a cross sectional study of 3-year-olds nested in the SKOT cohort

 

n

≥180 min non-sedentary per day

≥60 min MPVA per day

Total

 All days, overall

231

100

81

 Sick days

21

86

29

 DC-days

190

100

82

 Non-DC-days

225

100

72**

Boys

 All days, overall

114

100

89*

 Sick days

10

90

40

 DC-days

95

100

88*

 Non-DC-days

112

100

76**

Girls

 All days, overall

117

100

72

 Sick days

11

82

18

 DC-days

95

100

75

 Non-DC-days

113

100

67

  1. MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, DC daycare
  2. *: significant sex differences, **: significant differences between proportion of children meeting the recommendations on DC-days and non-DC-days. *), **): all p-values < 0.02