Table 4 Comparison of percent body fat and lifestyle behaviours between those with and without a bedroom TV among American boys and girls
Boys | Girls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TV in the bedroom | No TV in the bedroom | p-valuea | TV in the bedroom | No TV in the bedroom | p-valuea | |
(n = 210) | (n = 64) | (n = 268) | (n = 92) | |||
Percent body fat (mean, SD) | 21.4 (8.8) | 18.9 (6.2) | 0.01 | 25.1 (8.0) | 24.1 (7.6) | 0.30 |
TV viewing time [hours/day category; median (IQR)] b | 3.9 (3.0) | 3.0 (1.7) | <0.0001 | 4.0 (2.9) | 2.9 (1.5) | <0.0001 |
≤2 h of screen time/day (n, %) | 21 (10.0) | 10 (15.6) | 0.26 | 48 (17.9) | 28 (30.4) | 0.01 |
>2 h of screen time/day (n, %) | 189 (90.0) | 54 (84.4) | 220 (82.1) | 64 (69.6) | ||
Healthy diet score (mean, SD) | −0.01 (1.72) | −0.18 (1.44) | 0.48 | −0.25 (2.3) | 0.30 (2.4) | 0.06 |
Unhealthy diet score (mean, SD) | 0.14 (1.50) | −0.67 (1.91) | 0.003 | 0.15 (1.5) | −0.37 (1.3) | 0.05 |
Minutes of MVPA per day (mean, SD) | 58.3 (20.9) | 57.8 (17.4) | 0.88 | 42.8 (15.5) | 47.3 (15.6) | 0.02 |
Sleep duration (min/night; mean, SD) | 530.5 (52.3) | 525.2 (41.3) | 0.52 | 535.6 (59.9) | 537.6 (53.1) | 0.79 |