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Table 2 Sample characteristics for SPEEDY participants included in these analyses (n = 325)

From: School polices, programmes and facilities, and objectively measured sedentary time, LPA and MVPA: associations in secondary school and over the transition from primary to secondary school

 

SPEEDY 1 (2007)

SPEEDY 3 (2011)

Sex (%)

  

   Male

47.7

-

   Female

52.3

-

Age (years, mean(SD))

10.24 (.32)

14.32 (.30)

Ethnicity (%)

  

   White

97

-

   Other

3

-

BMI (mean(SD))

18.05 (3.15)

20.95 (4.01)

Family SES (%)

  

   Low

18.3

-

   Middle

39.1

-

   High

42.6

-

Physical activity

School day

Lunchtime

School day

Lunchtime

(n = 321)

(n = 321)

(n = 315)

(n = 325)

No. of valid days per participant (mean(SD))

4.3 (0.8)

4.7 (0.7)

4.2 (0.9)

4.3 (0.9)

Proportion of wear-time (%)

   SED

71

53

77

64

   Light PA

21

29

16

23

   MVPA

8

18

7

13

Time spent (minutes, mean(SD))

    

   SED

272.90 (25.54)

31.27 (7.00)

300.16 (29.87)

31.07 (9.59)

   LPA

80.65 (16.31)

17.00 (3.50)

64.65 (18.87)

11.33 (4.60)

   MVPA

30.76 (10.76)

10.55 (4.92)

27.43 (13.70)

6.49 (4.66)

  1. SD, standard deviation; SED, sedentary behaviour; MVPA, moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity. Valid days were defined as days in which wear time ≥80 % of the duration of lunchtime and/or school day