Adolescent’s movement behaviors and built environment: a latent class analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Variability of quantitative BMI values and movement behaviors measurements between the Environment’s classes

Quantitative variables	Class 1 (n: 52)		Class 2 (n: 218)		Class 3 (n: 39)		p
Quantitative variables	Median	25thP - 75thP	Median	25^thP - 75^thP	Median	25^thP - 75^thP	p
BMI (kg/m²)	20.20	18.65–22.27	21.00	19.07–23.20	21.10	18.90–22.80	0.532
SB (min/day)	707.50	684.60–758.70	701.25	653.30–741.25	681.40	610.40–728.60	0.059
Light PA (min/day)	147.70^c	120.25–169.82	161.35	130.77–184.45	168.10^c	129.90–202.50	0.022^a
Moderate PA (min/day)	38.20	29.40–47.70	35.45	28.20–47.32	36.80	27.60–54.30	0.381
Vigorous PA (min/day)	18.90	13.02–31.72	25.00	14.77–38.50	19.20	12.30–29.40	0.160
MVPA (min/day)	61.65	46.62–77.07	62.55	44.80–81.42	54.90	42.80–90.70	0.891
Number of Steps	8353.20	6905.47–9967.07	8314.60	6541.85–10,130.27	7649.60	5797.70–10,653.30	0.689
SD (hours/day)	7.60	7.30–8.00	7.40	6.80–8.00	7.40	6.90–8.10	0.161
ST (hours/day)	5.80	3.42–10.40	7.90	4.90–10.90	5.90	3.10–9.00	0.038^a
CT (hours/day)	4.75	2.60–9.07	6.95	4.10–10.00	5.30	2.40–9.00	0.035^a
TST (min/day)	486.50^bc	351.00–604.50	377.00^b	277.75–491.00	360.00^c	236.00–549.00	0.001^a

Class 1 Best Perceived Environment, Class 2 Moderate Perceived Environment, Class 3 Worst Perceived Environment, BMI Body mass index, PA Physical activity, MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity, SD Sleep duration, ST Screen time, CT Cell time, TST Total sitting time, min/day minute per day, hours/day hours per day, 25^thP 25th percentile, 75^thP 75th percentile
^aSignificative p-value (p < 0.05) Kruskal-Wallis test
^bSignificative p-value (p < 0.016) of Bonferroni post-roc teste between class 1 and class 2
^cSignificative p-value (p < 0.016) of Bonferroni post-roc teste between class 1 and class 3

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