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Table 1 Daily total and device-specific SVT in 2- and 3-year-old children from the GUSTO cohort study

From: Predictors of screen viewing time in young Singaporean children: the GUSTO cohort

 

n (%)

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

Screen viewing time at 2 years

861a

  

 Television and video game, hour/day

 

1.6 ± 1.7

1.0 (0.5 – 2.3)

 Computer, hour/day

 

0.1 ± 0.4

0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)

 Hand-held devices, hour/day

 

0.7 ± 1.0

0.3 (0.1 – 0.9)

 Total, hour/day

 

2.4 ± 2.2

1.9 (0.9 – 3.3)

  <2 h/day

439 (51.0)

  

  2-4 h/day

257 (29.9)

  

  ≥4 h/day

165 (19.2)

  

Screen viewing time at 3 years

861a

  

 Television and video game, hour/day

 

1.6 ± 1.5

1.0 (0.5 – 2.3)

 Computer, hour/day

 

0.1 ± 0.4

0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)

 Hand-held devices, hour/day

 

0.9 ± 1.2

0.5 (0.2 – 1.0)

 Total, hour/day

 

2.7 ± 2.2

2.1 (1.1 – 3.6)

  <2 h/day

387 (45.0)

  

  2-4 h/day

274 (31.8)

  

  ≥4 h/day

200 (23.2)

  

Change between 2 and 3 years

812

  

 Television and video game, hour/day

 

0.03 ± 1.82

0.0 (−1.0 – 1.0)

 Computer, hour/day

 

0.01 ± 0.56

0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)

 Hand-held devices, hour/day

 

0.29 ± 1.45

0.0 (0.0 – 1.0)

 Total, hour/day

 

0.33 ± 2.42

0.0 (−1.0 – 1.0)

  1. aMaximum sample size with data at each age (sample overlapping both ages = 812)