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Table 1 Characteristics of eligible articles and identified studies

From: Screen time and health issues in Chinese school-aged children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Characteristics

n

Percentage

Total number of articles

252

 

Language written

  

  Chinese

202

80.2

  English

50

19.8

Location

  

  Mainland China

233

92.5

  Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan

19

7.5

Year of publication

  

2015 2020

157

62.3

2010 2014

66

26.2

2005 2009

21

8.3

1999 2004

8

3.2

Total number of studies

268

 

Health issue

  

  Adiposity

89

33.2

  Myopia

76

28.4

  Psychological or behavioral problems

44

16.4

  Cardiometabolic disease risks

10

3.7

  Poor academic performance

9

3.4

  Sleep disorder

9

3.4

  Poor physical fitness

8

3.0

  Musculoskeletal injury

8

3.0

  Physical and mental sub-health

6

2.2

  Miscellaneous issuesa

9

3.4

Research design

  

  Cross-sectional

240

89.6

  Case-control

14

5.2

  Longitudinal

12

4.5

  Experimental

2

0.7

  1. a miscellaneous issues included height growth (k = 2), puberty timing (k = 3), respiratory symptoms (k = 2), sick leave (k = 1), and injury (k = 1)