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Table 1 – Frequency analysis of the variables associated with female adolescents’ lifestyle. Viçosa-MG, Brazil, 2018

From: Evaluation of lifestyle of female adolescents through latent class analysis approach

Categorical variables	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency (%)
Age (n = 405)
Intermediate period	266	65.7
Late period	139	34.3
PAL (n = 392)^a
Sedentary	21	5.35
Low PAL	295	75.25
Active	72	18.36
Very Active	4	1.04
MVPA (n = 386)^a
Inadequate MVPA	160	41.45
Adequate MVPA	226	58.55
^bNumber of steps (n = 396)^a
Inactive	327	82.57
Active	69	17.43
ST (n = 369)^a
High ST	269	72.90
Adequate ST	99	27.10
CT (n = 369)^a
High CT	241	65.31
Adequate CT	128	34.39
cNumber of meals (n = 392)^a
Normal	174	44.4
Low	218	55.6
^dFFQ (n = 396)^a
Healthy FFQ	147	37.2
Moderate FFQ	123	31.1
Unhealthy FFQ	127	31.7
Alcohol (n = 405)^a
Has consumed or consumes	74	56.30
Never consumed	177	43.70
Tobacco (n = 405)^a
Has used or still uses	253	62.50
Never used	152	37.50

PAL Physical Activity Level, ST Screen time, CT Cell phone time, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activities, FFQ food frequency questionnaire
^aExact number of each variable. ^bThe cutoff value of the total number of steps was 11,700, according to Tudor-Luke et al. [18]
cThe food frequency classification was performed using the 50th percentile = 4 of the number of meals during a week
^dTwo Step Cluster Analysis classified the food frequency questionnaire. The quality of this analysis was average (0.5) and the between-groups proportion ratio was 1.19

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