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Table 2 Prevalence of having 60 minutes of non-exercise physical activity in school days and holidays

From: Prevalence of exercise and non-exercise physical activity in Chinese adolescents

 

Boys (n = 14,274)

Girls (n = 17,731)

 
 

%

%

*P

School days

   

Age group

   

   12 or below

73.1

72.3

0.53

   13

72.0

69.3

0.04

   14

74.5

69.8

<0.001

   15

72.0

68.5

0.01

   16

72.1

66.6

<0.001

   17

71.9

63.4

<0.001

   18 or above

67.5

61.0

<0.001

   All

72.2

68.0

<0.001

P for trend

0.005

<0.001

 

Holidays

   

Age group

   

   12 or below

80.5

82.7

0.047

   13

79.4

81.2

0.11

   14

80.7

79.1

0.16

   15

79.5

80.7

0.29

   16

81.8

77.1

<0.001

   17

81.5

76.5

0.002

   18 or above

78.4

74.9

0.03

   All

80.3

79.4

0.053

P for trend

0.95

<0.001

 
  1. * P-value for the level of significance of sex differences determined by Pearson's Chi-square test
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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