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Table 3 The prevalence of meeting the PA guidelines in low and high parental support groups

From: Associations between various kinds of parental support and physical activity among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China: gender and age differences

 

Boys (n = 6660)

Girls (n = 5276)

n

%

n

%

PAEN

 Low

2034

17.4

1612

13.5

 High

4626

23.8

3664

20.0

ap

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

PAIV

 Low

4467

19.3

3450

15.5

 High

2193

27.6

1826

22.8

ap

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

 PAFS

 Low

2759

19.6

2064

15.5

 High

3901

22.8

3212

18.9

ap

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

PAMD

 Low

3627

18.4

2809

14.7

 High

3033

26.6

2467

22.0

ap

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 
  1. PA Physical activity, PAEN Parental encouragement, PAFS Parental financial support, PAIV Parental involvement, PAMD Parental modeling
  2. aCompared between the low and high parental support groups
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