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Table 3 Australian adolescents’ adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines by survey round

From: Prevalence and trends in Australian adolescents’ adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines: findings from a repeated national cross-sectional survey

Guideline component being met

2009-2010

2012-2013

2018

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

None

22.1* 

(20.7-23.6)

23.6 

(22.1-25.2)

25.9 

(23.3-28.7)

Physical activity

14.7 

(13.5-16.1)

17.3 

(16.1-18.7)

15.6 

(13.9-17.5)

Screen time

19.1** 

(17.5-20.9)

13.5** 

(12.3-14.8)

9.7 

(8.3-11.2)

Sleep duration

69.3 

(67.7-70.8)

67.9 

(66.0-69.7)

67.1 

(64.4-69.8)

Physical activity + screen time

3.3 

(2.8-3.9)

3.1 

(2.5-3.7)

2.8 

(2.2-3.5)

Physical activity + sleep duration

9.9 

(9.0-10.9)

11.5 

(10.5-12.6)

9.8 

(8.7-11.1)

Screen time + sleep duration

14.3** 

(12.9-15.9)

9.8** 

(8.7-11.0)

7.0 

(5.8-8.3)

Physical activity + screen time + sleep duration

2.3 

(1.9-2.8)

2.1 

(1.7-2.6)

1.8 

(1.4-2.3)

  1. * p<0.01; ** p<0.001 denotes significant difference compared to 2018 (reference category) after controlling for sex, grade level, socio-economic area, geographic location, state/territory and education sector. Analyses also adjusted for the clustering of students within each school