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Table 1 Participant characteristics of toddlers living in Edmonton, Canada

From: Meeting new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years and associations with adiposity among toddlers living in Edmonton, Canada

 

(n = 151)

Age (M ± SD)

19.0 ± 1.9 months

Sex (females, %)

47.0

Ethnicity/race (%)

 European-Canadian/Caucasian

59.6

 Othera

40.4

Household income (n = 144) (%)

  > $100,000

48.6

 $50,000 to $100,000

39.6

  ≤ $50,000

11.8

Main type of child care (%)

 Parental

32.5

 Day care centre

17.2

 Home day care

15.8

 Other

34.5

Height (centimetres) (n = 140) (M ± SD)

82.2 ± 7.2

Weight (kilograms) (n = 140) (M ± SD)

11.2 ± 1.5

Body mass index z-scoreb (n = 140) (M ± SD)

0.6 ± 1.2

Accelerometry data (M ± SD)

 Wear days

6.3 ± 1.0

 Wear time (minutes/day)

10.3 ± 1.4

Physical activity (minutes/day) (M ± SD)

 Light-intensity physical activity

240.2 ± 29.3

 Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity

58.7 ± 18.7

 Total physical activity

298.9 ± 40.9

Sedentary behaviour (minutes/day) (M ± SD)

 Sedentary time

316.7 ± 40.6

 Television viewing

74.0 ± 82.5

 Video game

11.2 ± 32.7

 Total screen time (television viewing + video game)

85.2 ± 97.1

Restrained <1 h at a time/week (%) (n = 150)

 0 day

14.0

 1 days

8.7

 2 days

8.7

 3 days

11.3

 4 days

6.0

 5 days

6.0

 6 days

11.3

 7 days

34.0

Sleep (hours/day) (M ± SD)

 Nap

2.0 ± 0.7

 Night sleep

10.6 ± 1.4

 Total sleep

12.6 ± 1.3

  1. Values represent mean ± standard deviation (M ± SD) for continuous variables and percentage (%) for categorical variables
  2. aOther included Aboriginal/First Nation, African-Canadian, Arabic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino/Latina, and others (self-expressed)
  3. bBMI z-scores were calculated according to the World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards [38]