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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of Chinese school-aged children and adolescents aged 7 to 19 years: PAFCTYS 2017

From: Physical activity, screen viewing time, and overweight/obesity among Chinese children and adolescents: an update from the 2017 physical activity and fitness in China—the youth study

Characteristic

Unweighted

Weighted

Age, mean, SD (y)

13.33 (2.63)

12.71 (2.49)

Ethnicity, percentage

  

Han

Others

85.9

14.1

85.7

14.3

Height, mean (SD) (cm)

157.12 (12.43)

155.13 (12.44)

Weight, mean (SD) (kg)

50.15 (13.93)

48.21 (13.75)

BMI

19.97 (3.63)

19.68 (3.63)

MVPA, mean (SD) (min.)

45 (31.51)

47.38 (31.67)

Screen viewing time, mean SD (min.)

113.16 (93.52)

114.72 (93.47)

  1. PAFCTYS denotes Physical Activity and Fitness in China—The Youth Study. Percentage is weighed using PAFCTYS sampling weights to be representative of the Chinese grade school population in 2017 (unweighted sample size = 105,246; weighted sample size = 93,099,259)
  2. SD standard deviation
  3. BMI body mass index, calculated as body weight (kg) divided by height (m) squared (kg/m2)
  4. MVPA daily moderate-vigorous physical activity