Attendance in physical education classes, sedentary behavior, and different forms of physical activity among schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sample characteristics

Variables	Girls N (%)	Boys N (%)	p value
School shift
Morning	680 (51.6)	593 (51.1)	0.799^†
Afternoon	637 (48.4)	567 (48.9)	0.799^†
Age
7–9 years	800 (60.7)	705 (60.8)	0.987^†
10–12 years	517 (39.3)	455 (39.2)	0.987^†
Socioeconomic stratum^a,b
A (R$25,554.33)	8 (1.5)	2 (0.4)	0.100^†
B-C (R$1.748,59 a R$11,279.14)	349 (66.5)	291 (65.1)	0.652^†
D-E (R$719.81)	168 (32.0)	154 (34.5)	0.418^†
Weight status
Low weight/normal weight	1,033 (78.4)	951 (82.0)	0.027^†
Overweight	192 (12.2)	141 (14.6)	0.078^†
Obesity	92 (7.0)	68 (5.9)	0.256^†
Attendance in Physical education classes (PE/week)
0/week	130 (11.1)	87 (8.3)	0.037^†
1/week	689 (58.9)	566 (54.1)	0.022^†
≥ 2/week	351 (30.0)	394 (37.6)	< 0.001^†
Active play^c,d	1 (0—16)	2 (0—16)	< 0.001^‡
Non-active play^c,d	0 (0—6)	0 (0—5)	0.001^‡
Structured physical activity^c,d	0 (0—4)	0 (0—3)	0.010^‡
Daily physical activity (DPA)^c,d	3 (0—25)	3 (0—17)	0.804^‡
Daily Sedentary behavior (SB)^c,d	2 (0—11)	2 (0—10)	0.045^‡

^aInformation available for 972 participants (525 girls and 447 boys). ^bSocioeconomic stratum (average household income in R$). ^cmedian (minimum value – maximum value. ^dSum of all daily reports on previous day (morning, afternoon, evening). ^†Pearson's Chi-square test $\left({\upchi }^{2}\right)$. ^‡Mann–Whitney test (U)

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