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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants stratified by study site (nā€‰=ā€‰6128)

From: Proportion of children meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement guidelines and associations with adiposity in a 12-country study

Country (site)

Participants

(n, % males)

Age

(years)

MVPA

(min/day)

Screen time

(h/day)

Sleep duration

(h/day)

BMI

(kg/m2)

Obesitya

(%)

Australia (Adelaide)

451 (46.3)

10.8 (0.5)

65.4 (23.1)

3.0 (1.6)

9.4 (0.7)

18.8 (3.2)

10.4

Brazil (Sao Paulo)

469 (48.6)

10.5 (0.5)

59.6 (26.3)

3.9 (2.2)

8.6 (0.8)

19.7 (4.4)

21.5

Canada (Ottawa)

507 (41.0)

10.5 (0.4)

58.4 (19.4)

2.8 (1.8)

9.1 (0.8)

18.3 (3.4)

12.0

China (Tianjin)

465 (51.4)

9.9 (0.5)

44.7 (15.7)

2.2 (1.5)

8.8 (0.6)

18.9 (4.2)

24.5

Colombia (BogotĆ”)

822 (49.0)

10.5 (0.6)

68.2 (24.9)

3.0 (1.5)

8.8 (0.8)

17.6 (2.5)

5.6

Finland (Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa)

461 (45.3)

10.5 (0.4)

70.1 (26.8)

3.0 (1.5)

8.5 (0.9)

17.8 (2.6)

5.4

India (Bangalore)

532 (45.3)

10.5 (0.5)

48.9 (21.2)

2.0 (1.2)

8.6 (0.7)

17.9 (3.3)

10.7

Kenya (Nairobi)

459 (45.3)

10.3 (0.7)

72.0 (31.3)

2.5 (1.7)

8.6 (0.9)

17.2 (3.2)

6.8

Portugal (Porto)

639 (42.9)

10.5 (0.3)

55.7 (21.5)

2.5 (1.4)

8.3 (0.9)

19.4 (3.4)

16.4

South Africa (Cape Town)

453 (39.1)

10.3 (0.7)

64.9 (25.5)

3.3 (2.0)

9.2 (0.7)

18.0 (3.6)

10.8

UK (Bath and North East Somerset)

414 (43.7)

10.9 (0.5)

63.8 (22.9)

3.2 (1.6)

9.5 (0.7)

18.5 (2.9)

8.9

USA (Baton Rouge)

456 (40.8)

10.0 (0.6)

50.1 (18.9)

3.4 (2.2)

8.9 (0.9)

18.8 (3.8)

17.5

All sites

6128 (45.1)

10.4 (0.6)

60.3 (24.9)

2.9 (1.8)

8.8 (0.9)

18.4 (3.5)

12.3

  1. Abbreviations: MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, BMI body mass index. Data are shown as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated
  2. aObesity defined according to the World Health Organization criteria [23]
  3. MVPA, and sleep duration were based on accelerometer data, screen time was self-reported