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Table 2 Sedentary behavior and physical activity during school cleaning time and morning and lunch recesses by gender

From: Gender differences in physical activity and sedentary behavior of Japanese primary school children during school cleaning time, morning recess and lunch recess

Variables

School cleaning time (%: each time)

Morning recess (%: each time)

Lunch recess time (%: each time)

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Mean difference

95%CI

P-value

Boys

Girls

Mean difference

95%CI

P-value

Boys

Girls

Mean difference

95%CI

P-value

Average

 

SD

Average

 

SD

(Boys-Girls)

 

Average

 

SD

Average

 

SD

(Boys-Girls)

 

Average

 

SD

Average

 

SD

(Boys-Girls)

Sedentary behavior

13.8

±

9.9

16.2

±

11.7

-2.5

-4.4

-0.6

0.011

17.4

±

11.7

23.3

±

13.8

-6.0

-8.2

-3.7

<0.001

15.1

±

11.1

18.9

±

9.8

-3.9

-5.7

-2.0

<0.001

a, c

a, b, c

LPA

 Ambulatory

36.0

±

9.7

30.3

±

9.9

5.8

4.0

7.5

<0.001

26.9

±

7.5

23.3

±

7.9

3.6

2.3

5.0

<0.001

29.5

±

7.8

25.9

±

7.5

3.6

2.2

4.9

<0.001

a, b, c

a, b, c

 Non-ambulatory

27.8

±

8.7

34.4

±

9.6

-6.7

-8.3

-5.0

<0.001

23.5

±

9.4

31.3

±

9.7

-7.9

-9.6

-6.2

<0.001

23.5

±

9.0

32.8

±

8.7

-9.3

-10.9

-7.8

<0.001

a, b

a, b, c

 Total time

63.8

±

8.4

64.6

±

9.0

-0.9

-2.5

0.7

0.262

50.4

±

9.1

54.6

±

9.8

-4.3

-5.9

-2.6

<0.001

53.0

±

9.0

58.8

±

8.9

-5.8

-7.2

-4.3

<0.001

a, b, c

a, b, c

MPA

 Ambulatory

10.8

±

5.9

7.5

±

5.3

3.3

2.3

4.3

<0.001

19.0

±

9.9

11.2

±

7.1

7.9

6.4

9.4

<0.001

19.6

±

9.6

11.8

±

6.5

7.8

6.3

9.2

<0.001

a, b

a, b

 Non-ambulatory

6.7

±

3.8

7.3

±

7.3

-0.5

-1.2

0.2

0.155

4.9

±

2.9

4.7

±

2.6

0.1

-0.3

0.6

0.604

5.1

±

2.9

5.5

±

3.0

-0.3

-0.9

0.2

0.181

a, b

a, b, c

 Total time

17.5

±

7.1

14.8

±

7.3

2.8

1.6

4.1

<0.001

23.9

±

10.0

16.0

±

8.0

8.0

6.4

9.6

<0.001

24.7

±

9.3

17.3

±

7.3

7.4

5.9

8.9

<0.001

a, b

a, b, c

VPA

 Ambulatory

1.4

±

1.5

0.9

±

1.3

0.6

0.3

0.8

<0.001

4.8

±

4.7

2.9

±

3.7

2.0

1.2

2.7

<0.001

4.0

±

3.8

2.0

±

1.9

2.0

1.5

2.6

<0.001

a, b, c

a, b, c

 Non-ambulatory

0.4

±

0.7

0.2

±

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.002

1.4

±

2.0

0.9

±

1.4

0.5

0.2

0.8

<0.001

0.9

±

1.1

0.5

±

0.8

0.4

0.2

0.6

<0.001

a, b, c

a, b, c

 Total time

1.9

±

2.0

1.1

±

1.9

0.7

0.4

1.1

<0.001

6.2

±

6.2

3.8

±

4.8

2.5

1.5

3.5

<0.001

4.9

±

4.4

2.5

±

2.5

2.4

1.8

3.1

<0.001

a, b, c

a, b, c

MVPA

 Ambulatory

12.2

±

6.8

8.4

±

6.2

3.9

2.7

5.1

<0.001

23.8

±

13.1

14.0

±

9.4

9.9

7.9

11.9

<0.001

23.5

±

12.3

13.8

±

8.0

9.8

8.0

11.6

<0.001

a, b

a, b

 Non-ambulatory

7.1

±

4.0

7.5

±

4.3

-0.3

-1.0

0.4

0.385

6.3

±

3.5

5.6

±

3.2

0.6

0.1

1.2

0.028

6.1

±

3.1

6.0

±

3.2

0.0

-0.5

0.6

0.886

a, b

a, b

 Total time

19.3

±

8.2

15.9

±

8.4

3.6

2.1

5.0

<0.001

30.1

±

14.1

19.7

±

11.0

10.5

8.3

12.7

<0.001

29.6

±

12.4

19.8

±

9.0

9.8

7.9

11.8

<0.001

a, b

a, b

  1. LPA light physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, VPA vigorous physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, mean difference, 95%CI 95% Confidence Interval and P-value were adjusted grade, school and relative weight, different alphabets show significant differences; a: School cleaning time VS Morning recess, b: School cleaning time VS Lunch recess time, c: Morning recess VS Lunch recess time, P<0.05