Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of children and adolescents
Children n = 355 | Adolescents n = 324 | p-valueb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | ||
Personal data | |||||||||
Age (years) | 11.7 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 16.3 | 1.3 | 14.0 | 18.0 | < 0.001 |
Height (cm) | 151.6 | 12.0 | 117.7 | 185.6 | 170.2 | 8.8 | 147.0 | 194.9 | < 0.001 |
Weight (kg) | 43.6 | 11.3 | 17.8 | 79.4 | 63.0 | 11.6 | 41.5 | 120.8 | < 0.001 |
BMI z-score | 0.24 | 1.13 | −3.35 | 3.32 | 0.20 | 0.99 | −2.83 | 3.49 | 0.587 |
Movement behaviors | |||||||||
MVPA (min/day)a | 58.1 | 24.3 | 7.2 | 151.7 | 39.3 | 19.1 | 2.9 | 100.7 | < 0.001 |
ST (h/day) | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 12.9 | 0.206 |
Sleep duration (h/day)a | 8.6 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 10.2 | < 0.001 |