Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of children and parents in the GECKO Drenthe cohort

Child factors

N

Girls

N

Boys

P-value

Age at PA measurement (years)

299

6.1 ± 0.5

324

6.1 ± 0.5

Ethnicity (%)

282

304

 Dutch

94.7

96.4

 Non-Dutch

5.3

3.6

Highest household income, N (%)

267

279

  ≤ EUR1150

11 (4)

6 (2)

 EUR1151–3050

179 (67)

173 (62)

 EUR3051–3500

51 (19)

69 (25)

  ≥ EUR3501

26 (10)

31 (11)

BMI (kg/m²)

262

16.0 ± 1.5

277

16.0 ± 1.2

Physical activity (PA)

299

324

 Total PA (counts/minute, cpm)

764 ± 197

839 ± 241^a

 Sedentary (hrs/day)

6.41 ± 0.92

6.27 ± 0.96

 Light PA (hrs/day)

4.28 ± 0.61

4.31 ± 0.62

 Moderate PA (min./day)

40 (31; 48)

48 (40; 61)^a

 Vigorous PA (min./day)

16 (11; 24)

20 (14; 28)

 Moderate-to-vigorous PA (min./day)

55 (43; 72)

71 (54; 90)

Adherent to PA guideline, N (%)

132 (44)

215 (66)

Parent factors

N

Mothers (n = 621)

N

Fathers (n = 608)

Age (years)

620

37.1 ± 4.4

579

40.0 ± 5.0

BMI at PA measurement (kg/m²)

417

24.6 ± 4.0

372

25.4 ± 3.1

Overweight and obesity, N (%)

417

164 (39.3)

372

178 (48.0)

Education level (%)

595

578

 Low/middle

348 (58.5)

378 (65.4)

 High (higher vocational)

247 (41.5)

200 (34.6)

Physical activity (PA)

621

608

 Total PA (hrs/day)

8.0 (6.3–10.3)

7.9 (6.6–9.4)

 Light PA (hrs/day)

6.5 (4.7–8.4)

6.0 (2.7–7.4)

 Moderate PA (hrs/day)

1.14 (0.57–2.50)

0.93 (0.29–4.14)

 Vigorous PA (hrs/day)

0.00 (0.00–0.26)

0.14 (0.00–0.43)

 Moderate-to-vigorous VPA (hrs/day)

1.29 (0.71–2.77)

1.32 (0.57–4.56)

 Sports (hrs/day)

0.14 (0.00–0.36)

0.14 (0.00–0.43)

 Leisure time PA (hrs/day)

0.79 (0.43–1.38)

0.89 (0.50–1.53)

 Housework (hrs/day)

3.57 (2.29–6.00)

1.00 (0.29–2.00)

 Active commuting (hrs/day)

0.00 (0.00–0.10)

0.00 (0.00–0.07)

 Active work (hrs/day)

3.43 (2.14–3.86)

5.71 (4.57–6.07)