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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics (numbers and percentages)

From: The relationships between parents’ and children’s screen times on body mass index: a cross-sectional path analysis

Variables

n

%

Overall

283

100.0

Sex

 Boys

127

44.9

 Girls

156

55.1

Age, group

 6 years

18

6.4

 7 years

61

21.6

 8 years

69

24.4

 9 years

49

17.3

 10 years

38

13.4

 11 years

29

10.2

 12 years

19

6.7

 Mean ± S.D.

8.7 ± 1.7

BMI percentile for age and sex

 Underweight (< 5th %ile)

21

7.4

 Normal BMI (5th - 85th %ile)

233

82.3

 Overweight or obese (≥ 85th %ile)

29

10.2

Household income level

 < 3,000,000 yen

3

1.1

 < 5,000,000 yen

26

9.2

 < 7,000,000 yen

41

14.5

 < 10,000,000 yen

95

33.6

 ≥ 10,000,000 yen

118

41.7

Employment status, employed

 Mother

79

66.1

 Father

280

99.3

Screen time-weekday, min/day, Mean ± S.D.

 Children

112.5 ± 92.1

 Mothers

148.1 ± 112.4

 Fathers

123.1 ± 86.6

Screen time-weekend, min/day, Mean ± S.D.

 Children

155.4 ± 102.1

 Mothers

167.5 ± 108.3

 Fathers

212.9 ± 134.8

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, S.D. Standard deviation