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Table 1 Participant characteristics. The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures

From: Prevalence of accelerometer-measured physical activity in adolescents in Fit Futures – part of the Tromsø Study

 

N

(girls/boys)

All

Girls

Boys

Age, mean (SD)

611 (341/270)

16.3 (1.0)

16.4 (1.1)

16.2 (0.8)

Height, cm (SD)

609 (339/270)

170.3 (8.9)

165.0 (6.6)

176.9 (6.7)

Weight, kg (SD)

609 (339/270)

65.4 (13.8)

61.3 (11.7)

70.6 (14.4)

Body-mass index, kg/m2 (SD)

609 (339/270)

22.5 (4.1)

22.5 (4.0)

22.5 (4.2)

 < 18.0

609 (339/270)

9.7%

7.7%

12.2%

 18.0–24.9

609 (339/270)

69.4%

72.4%

65.6%

 25–29.9

609 (339/270)

14.6%

13.2%

16.3%

 ≥30

609 (339/270)

6.1%

6.2%

5.9%

No chronic diseases

608 (339/269)

69.6%

66.9%

73.0%

Smoking

602 (335/267)

   

 Daily

 

3.8%

3.6%

4.1%

 Sometimes

 

13.1%

14.0%

12.4%

 Never

 

81.7%

82.4%

83.5%