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Table 1 Time spent physically active and in MVPA by gender, age, parent education and nursery/non-nursery day

From: Cross-sectional analysis of physical activity in 2–4-year-olds in England with paediatric quality of life and family expenditure on physical activity

 

Physical activity (light, moderate and vigorous) (minutes per day)

MVPA

(minutes per day)

Mean (SD)

p-value1

Mean (SD)

p-value4

Whole sample (n = 81)

141.9 (33.1)

22.2 (9.9)

Gender

 Male (n = 43)

148.9 (33.5)

 

24.50 (11.0)

 

 Female (n = 38)

133.9 (31.3)

0.04

19.61 (7.7)

0.03

Age2

 2 years old (n = 38)

131.2 (31.1)

 

18.29 (8.1)

 

 3–4 years old (n = 43)

151.3 (32.3)

0.01

25.67 (10.1)

0.0006

Parent Education

 Degree (n = 59)

140.3 (32.1)

 

21.65 (9.2)

 

 No degree (n = 22)

146.2 (36.1)

0.48

23.70 (11.5)

0.41

Nursery day/non-nursery day (n = 78)3

 Nursery day

146.9 (44.3)

 

22.76 (13.3)

 

 Non-nursery day

137.2 (33.8)

0.05

21.67 (10.4)

0.40

  1. 1 p-value for the mean difference based on t-test
  2. 2 10 children aged 4-years at time of consent
  3. 3 n = 78 as some children did not have enough data for either nursery or non-nursery days