Physical activity, sedentary behaviors and dietary habits among Saudi adolescents relative to age, gender and region

Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the participants.

City	Gender	N	Age (yr)	Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	BMI (kg/m²)
Al-Khobar	Male	348	16.8 ± 1.1 ^a	69.9 ± 20.8	168.7 ± 7.9	24.5 ± 6.8
	Female	367	16.6 ± 1.0	57.2 ± 13.9 ^b	157.7 ± 6.1 ^b	23.0 ± 5.4 ^b
Jeddah	Male	560	16.8 ± 1.0 ^a	71.4 ± 20.7	168.4 ± 6.6	25.1 ± 6.8
	Female	632	16.5 ± 1.1	57.4 ± 15.7 ^b	155.9 ± 5.8 ^b	23.6 ± 6.3 ^b
Riyadh	Male	493	16.6 ± 1.2 ^a	68.3 ± 19.9	168.1 ± 7.3	24.1 ± 6.6
	Female	508	16.5 ± 1.0	59.2 ± 16.1 ^b	156.8 ± 5.8 ^b	24.0 ± 6.2 ^b
All	Male	1401	16.7 ± 1.1 ^c	70.0 ± 20.5 ^c	168.4 ± 7.2 ^c	24.6 ± 6.7 ^c
	Female	1507	16.5 ± 1.1	57.9 ± 15.5	156.7 ± 5.9	23.6 ± 6.1

Data are means and standard deviations (total n = 2908).
BMI = body mass index.
One-way ANOVA tests: ^a and ^b = significant difference between cities at p < 0.05 for males and females, respectively.
t tests for independent samples: ^c = significant gender difference between males and females at p < 0.05.

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