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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and potential overweight/obesity influencing factors of participants of different genders at different educational stages

From: The association between obesity and problematic smartphone use among school-age children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai

  

Primary school

χ2 (p) / F (p)

Middle school

χ2 (p) / F (p)

High school

χ2 (p) / F (p)

χ2 (p) / F (p)

  

Overall n (%)

Male n (%)

Female n (%)

Overall n (%)

Male n (%)

Female n (%)

Overall n (%)

Male n (%)

Female n (%)

Age

 

10.17 ± 0.61

10.17 ± 0.62

10.16 ± 0.60

0.93

13.18 ± 0.92

13.22 ± 0.96

13.14 ± 0.86

1.29

16.27 ± 0.66

16.27 ± 0.70

16.28 ± 0.63

−0.22

68,865.33 ***

Height (cm)

 

143.85 ± 7.87

144.13 ± 7.59

143.57 ± 8.14

2.33*

161.72 ± 8.14

163.95 ± 8.44

159.04 ± 6.89

9.08***

168.22 ± 8.45

174.47 ± 6.32

162.78 ± 5.93

46.41***

7222.47 ***

Weight (kg)

 

38.81 ± 9.73

40.42 ± 10.33

37.16 ± 8.78

11.13***

53.02 ± 12.01

54.53 ± 12.97

51.21 ± 10.47

4.01***

62.27 ± 14.13

69.22 ± 14.62

56.24 ± 10.45

25.09***

2820.37 ***

Body mass index (kg/m2)

Underweight

229 (5.3)

92 (4.2)

137 (6.4)

221.64***

65 (7.8)

41 (9.0)

24 (6.3)

7.69

198 (8.4)

71 (6.4)

127 (10.0)

94.39***

54.10 ***

Normal

2796 (65.0)

1216 (55.9)

1580 (74.3)

 

563 (67.4)

289 (63.4)

274 (72.3)

 

1538 (64.9)

638 (57.9)

900 (70.9)

  

Overweight

667 (15.5)

466 (21.4)

201 (9.5)

 

128 (15.3)

79 (17.3)

49 (12.9)

 

400 (16.9)

229 (20.8)

171 (13.5)

  

Obese

608 (14.1)

400 (18.4)

208 (9.8)

 

79 (9.5)

47 (10.3)

32 (8.4)

 

235 (9.9)

164 (14.9)

71 (5.6)

  

Indoor PA time (m/day)

< 30

2034 (47.9)

1013 (47.2)

1021 (48.6)

30.54***

435 (52.1)

237 (52.4)

198 (53.2)

0.34

1642 (69.3)

755 (68.9)

887 (70.3)

4.97*

297.85 ***

30–60

1383 (32.6)

645 (30.1)

738 (35.1)

 

256 (30.7)

139 (30.8)

117 (31.5)

 

480 (20.2)

215 (19.6)

265 (21.0)

  

> 60

829 (19.5)

486 (22.7)

343 (16.3)

 

133 (15.9)

76 (16.8)

57 (15.3)

 

235 (9.9)

125 (11.4)

110 (8.7)

  

Outdoor PA time (m/day)

< 30

910 (21.3)

453 (21.0)

457 (21.6)

20.88***

125 (15.0)

76 (16.7)

49 (12.9)

4.59

617 (26.0)

259 (23.5)

358 (28.3)

9.24*

184.77***

30–60

1637 (38.2)

764 (35.3)

873 (41.2)

 

312 (37.4)

177 (38.8)

135 (35.6)

 

1125 (47.4)

526 (47.8)

599 (47.3)

  

> 60

1734 (40.5)

945 (43.7)

789 (37.2)

 

398 (47.7)

203 (44.5)

195 (51.5)

 

625 (26.4)

316 (28.7)

309 (24.4)

  

Sedentary time (h/day)

< 2

925 (21.7)

498 (23.1)

427 (20.2)

10.25*

91 (10.9)

60 (13.2)

31 (8.2)

14.63**

86 (3.6)

59 (5.4)

27 (2.1)

33.83***

1507.97 ***

2–4

1190 (27.7)

569 (26.4)

621 (29.4)

 

223 (26.7)

132 (29.0)

91 (24.0)

 

236 (10.0)

128 (11.6)

108 (8.5)

  

4–6

1013 (23.6)

501 (23.2)

512 (24.2)

 

188 (22.5)

101 (22.2)

87 (23.0)

 

391 (16.5)

200 (18.2)

191 (15.1)

  

6–8

705 (16.4)

352 (16.3)

353 (16.7)

 

159 (19.0)

86 (18.9)

73 (19.3)

 

573 (24.2)

240 (21.8)

333 (26.3)

  

> 8

435 (10.1)

235 (10.9)

200 (9.5)

 

173 (20.7)

76 (16.7)

97 (25.6)

 

1080 (45.6)

474 (43.1)

606 (47.9)

  

Academic stressa

 

2.50 ± 1.04

2.56 ± 1.08

2.43 ± 0.99

4.04***

2.90 ± 0.86

2.97 ± 0.88

2.80 ± 0.81

2.90**

3.27 ± 0.91

3.32 ± 1.02

3.22 ± 0.80

2.72**

495.89 ***

Mental healthb

Poor

550 (13.0)

298 (13.9)

252 (12.0)

3.66

182 (21.8)

110 (24.3)

72 (19.1)

3.29

848 (35.8)

372 (34.0)

476 (37.7)

3.56

480.73 ***

Good

3694 (87.0)

1840 (86.1)

1854 (88.0)

 

647 (77.5)

342 (75.7)

305 (80.9)

 

1507 (63.6)

722 (66.0)

785 (62.3)

  

Smartphone screen time (h/day)

0.61 ± 0.88

0.62 ± 0.93

0.60 ± 0.82

0.51

1.73 ± 1.72

1.78 ± 1.82

1.66 ± 1.59

1.02

1.98 ± 1.59

1.85 ± 1.56

2.09 ± 1.60

−3.68***

855.60 ***

Non-smartphonescreen time (h/day)

1.12 ± 1.74

1.26 ± 1.92

0.97 ± 1.51

5.56***

1.35 ± 2.17

1.58 ± 2.32

1.07 ± 1.94

3.30**

0.79 ± 1.49

1.02 ± 1.91

0.58 ± 0.95

6.96***

43.23 ***

PSU for social network (out of 30 points) ‡,c

8.01 ± 3.63

8.33 ± 4.03

7.68 ± 3.14

5.86***

10.65 ± 4.56

11.03 ± 4.92

10.18 ± 4.05

2.69**

12.97 ± 5.14

12.91 ± 5.45

13.01 ± 4.86

−0.49

908.61 ***

PSU for entertainment (out of 20 points)

7.56 ± 4.24

8.36 ± 4.61

6.74 ± 3.66

12.68***

9.85 ± 4.48

11.26 ± 4.43

8.15 ± 3.91

10.66***

10.77 ± 4.40

12.20 ± 4.38

9.54 ± 4.03

15.38***

444.86***

PSU for information collection (out of 15 points)

5.42 ± 3.06

5.67 ± 3.26

5.16 ± 2.81

5.42***

5.79 ± 2.80

6.02 ± 2.91

5.53 ± 2.64

2.49*

5.79 ± 2.73

6.00 ± 2.92

5.61 ± 2.54

3.40**

15.45***

Total score of PSU (out of 65 points)

20.95 ± 8.66

22.32 ± 9.43

19.54 ± 7.55

10.63***

26.24 ± 9.21

28.24 ± 9.47

23.83 ± 8.30

7.09***

29.52 ± 9.35

31.09 ± 9.87

28.16 ± 8.64

7.69***

703.51***

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001
  2. † PA: Physical activity. ‡ PSU: Problematic smartphone use
  3. a Measured on a five-point scale with one question: “Would you say that your study pressure is very much, much, moderate, a little, or none?”
  4. b Measured on the Chinese version of the World Health Organization’s Five-item Well-being Index (WHO-5)
  5. c Dimensions of problematic smartphone use (social network, entertainment, and information collection) were measured on the Revised Problematic Smartphone Use Classification Scale