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Table 2 The Prevalence of Meeting the PA and SED Guidelines

From: Co-existence of physical activity and sedentary behavior among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China: do gender and age matter?

  PAa, b SEDa, b
n % n %
Total 9216 18.4 12,772 25.5
Gender
 Boys 5309 21.0 5874 23.3
 Girls 3907 15.7 6898 27.8
Age Groups
 Younger adolescents 4796 33.0 5154 35.4
 Adolescents 3538 16.2 4935 22.6
 Older adolescents 882 6.5 2683 19.6
  1. Younger- adolescents: 4-5th graders
  2. Adolescents: 6-9th graders
  3. Older- adolescents: 10-12th graders
  4. adenotes significant gender difference at p < 0.001
  5. bdenotes significant age group difference at p < 0.001
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BMC Public Health

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