Table 3 Descriptive characteristics and weekday, weekend and after-school physical activity of girls (n = 467), according to level of children’s independent mobility (CIM) and neighbourhood classification (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2010–2011)
Girls (n = 467) | Old built environment, low SES (n = 135) | Old built environment, high SES (n = 89) | New built environment, low SES (n = 67) | New built environment, high SES (n = 175) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Descriptive characteristics | Low CIM | High CIM | Low CIM | High CIM | Low CIM | High CIM | Low CIM | High CIM |
Sample size | 57 | 78 | 18 | 71 | 31 | 36 | 106 | 69 |
Age (years) | 10.9 (0.1) | 11.1 (0.1) | 10.8 (0.1) | 11.2 (0.1) | 11.0 (0.1) | 10.9 (0.1) | 11.1 (0.1) | 11.2 (0.1) |
Height (cm) | 146.3 (1.2) | 147.2 (1.1) | 148.3 (2.2) | 150.3 (1.1) | 145.6 (1.7) | 147.5 (1.6) | 147.2 (0.9) | 146.6 (1.1) |
Weight (kg) | 39.4 (1.2) | 40.6 (1.1) | 39.3 (2.2) | 40.4 (1.1) | 41.4 (1.7) | 43.1 (1.6) | 41.2 (0.9) | 41.2 (1.1) |
Body mass index (kg.m-2) | 18.3 (0.4) | 18.6 (0.4) | 17.7 (0.8) | 17.8 (0.4) | 19.4 (0.6) | 19.6 (0.5) | 18.8 (0.3) | 18.7 (0.4) |
BMI category‡ | ||||||||
Normal weight, % | 84.2 | 75.6 | 83.3 | 83.1 | 61.3 | 58.3 | 68.9 | 72.5 |
Overweight or obese, % | 15.8 | 24.4 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 38.7 | 41.7 | 31.1 | 27.5 |
Weekday physical activity | ||||||||
Total counts (counts.day-1)a | 387241 (14183) | 408281 (12125) | 412248 (25239) | 407490 (12708) | 353042 (19232) | 401537 (17847) | 377455 (10401) | 405234 (12891) |
Light activity (min)b | 175.3 (4.1) | 180.1 (3.5) | 165.0 (7.3) | 164.4 (3.7) | 171.3 (5.6) | 177.8 (5.2) | 166.6 (3.0) | 173.5 (3.7) |
MVPA (min)b | 25.1 (1.5) | 26.9 (1.3) | 31.2 (2.7) | 29.2 (1.4) | 20.8 (2.1)c | 26.8 (1.9) | 24.9 (1.1) | 26.7 (1.4) |
Time spent sedentary (%)a,b | 80.9 (0.6) | 79.6 (0.5) | 79.6 (1.1) | 78.1 (0.5) | 82.3 (0.8) | 80.5 (0.7) | 80.0 (0.4) | 79.2 (0.5) |
Weekend physical activity | ||||||||
Total counts (counts.day-1)a | 287499 (19398) | 327949 (16582) | 343401 (34519) | 375982 (17381) | 310993 (26304) | 310754 (24409) | 270592 (14225)c | 338612 (17631) |
Light activity (min)b | 146.8 (5.1) | 152.9 (4.4) | 155.4 (9.2) | 155.1 (4.6) | 161.0 (7.0) | 155.4 (6.5) | 133.5 (3.8) | 142.5 (4.7) |
MVPA (min)b | 16.2 (1.7) | 18.3 (1.5) | 23.1 (3.1) | 26.8 (1.6) | 17.2 (2.3) | 17.7 (2.2) | 16.2 (1.3) | 19.6 (1.6) |
Time spent sedentary (%)b | 83.5 (0.7) | 81.9 (0.6) | 80.6 (1.3) | 78.3 (0.7) | 82.0 (1.0) | 82.5 (0.9) | 83.0 (0.6) | 82.2 (0.7) |
After-school physical activity | ||||||||
% time sedentarya,b | 74.1 (1.0)d | 70.8 (0.8) | 73.4 (1.7) | 73.0 (0.9) | 74.0 (1.3) | 71.8 (1.2) | 75.3 (0.7) | 74.1 (0.9) |
% time in light activity a,b | 22.9 (0.8)c | 25.3 (0.7) | 22.7 (1.4) | 22.8 (0.7) | 23.2 (1.1) | 24.2 (1.0) | 21.5 (0.6) | 22.4 (0.7) |
% time in MVPAa | 3.1 (0.3) | 3.9 (0.3) | 3.9 (0.6) | 4.2 (0.3) | 2.8 (0.4)c | 4.1 (0.4) | 3.2 (0.2) | 3.5 (0.3) |