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Table 1 Sample characteristics according to gender of 11–19-year-old schoolchildren

From: Self-perception of physical activity and fitness is related to lower psychosomatic health symptoms in adolescents with unhealthy lifestyles

Characteristics

Boys

n = 1588

Girls

n = 1682

p

Age, years, m ± SD

14.8 ± 2.2

15.0 ± 2.2

0.002

Place of residence, %

urban

54.7

61.2

< 0.0001

rural

45.3

38.8

Body mass index, %

underweight

7.6

17.5

< 0.0001

normal

79.5

75.0

overweight

11.4

6.1

obesity

1.6

1.4

Higher consumption of unhealthy foods %

56.2

44.4

< 0.0001

Lower consumption of unhealthy foods%

43.8

55.6

Smoking at least once a week, %

19.3

11.3

< 0.0001

Alcohol intake until feeling drunk ≥2 times, %

39.4

32.3

< 0.0001

Physical activity %

< 5 days/week

56.1

76.2

< 0.0001

≥5 days/week

43.9

23.8

Self-perception of physical activity as sufficient, %

70.3

54.1

< 0.0001

Self-perception of physical fitness as good, %

82.5

76.4

< 0.0001

Sport participation, %

53.6

38.6

< 0.0001

Screen time, hours/day, m ± SD

5.0 ± 3.2

4.1 ± 2.7

< 0.0001

Screen time > 2 h/day, %

82.6

70.6

< 0.0001

Psychosomatic health complaints (PHC), %

55.3

72.2

< 0.0001

Somatic complaints score, m ± SD

6.8 ± 3.8

7.9 ± 3.8

< 0.0001

Psychological complaints score, m ± SD

8.2 ± 4.2

9.7 ± 4.3

< 0.0001

Life satisfaction score; m ± SD

7.42 ± 2.42

7.29 ± 2.20

0.001

  1. Note: for categorical variables p value was obtained from chi-square test; age, screen time hours/day and life satisfaction scores were compared by Mann-Whitney U test; psychosomatic health complaints scores were compared by independent samples t test; m – mean, SD – standard deviation, n – number of study participants, p – level of statistical significance