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Table 1 Studies in alphabetic order: country of origin, design and characteristics of study participants included in the present analyses

From: Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents

Study Name

Yrs

Months

Country

Design

Filesa

Age (y)

Model

Epoch

ALSPAC

2003–07

All

United Kingdom

Long.

10,426

10–15

7164, 71,256,GT1M

60

Ballabeina Study

2008–09

June-Sept

Swiss

Inter.

998

4–8

GT1M

15

Belgium Pre-School Study

2006;08–09

Oct-March

Belgium

CS

170

3–7

GT1M

15

CHASE

2006–07

Jan-Feb

United Kingdom

CS

2011

9–10

GT1M

15

COSCIS

2001–05

Oct-May

Denmark

Inter.

1146

6–11

7164

60

EYHS (Denmark)

1997–98; 2003–04

All

Denmark

Long.

1715

8–18

7164

60

EYHS (Estonia)

1998–99

Aug-May

Estonia

CS

660

8–17

7164

60

EYHS (Norway)

1999–00

Feb-Oct

Norway

CS

387

9–10

7164

60

EYHS (Portugal)

1999–00

Jan-July

Portugal

Long.

1357

8–18

7164

60

EYHS SPAIN

2008–10

SPAIN

CS

447

8–10

GT1M

15

GINI

2011–14

All

Germany

CS

1220

14–17

GT3X

60

Helena

2006–07

All

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden

CS

2755

13–17

GT1M

15

IDEFICS

2007–2010

Sept-May

Italy, Estonia, Cyprus, Belgium. Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Spain

Long

7104

2–9

GT1M/Actitrainer

15,60

ISCOLE

2011–13

All

Finland

CS

531

9–11

GT3X

15

KISS

2005–06

May-Nov

Swiss

Inter.

889

6–14

7164, GT1M

60

LISA

2011–14

All

Germany

CS

429

14–16

GT3X

60

MAGIC

2006–07

Nov-May

United Kingdom

CS

434

3–4

7164

60

MAL-TA

2012

Jan-May

Malta

CS

859

10–11

GT3X

10

Odense Preschool

2009

May–June

Denmark

CS

527

5–6

GT1M/GT3X

10

OPUS

2011

Aug-Nov

Denmark

Long

705

8–11

GT3X (+)

60

PANCS

2005–06

All

Norway

CS

2031

9–15

7164

10

PEACH

2006–09

Sept-July

England

Long.

2088

10–13

GT1M

15

Portugal

2008–09

All

Portugal

CS

2557

10–18

GT1M

15

Prestyle

2009

Portugal

CS

567

3–6

GT1M

5

ProActive

2012–13

United Kingdom

CS

1207

10–11

GT3X

15

Portugal

2010–11

Sept-June

Portugal

CS

660

11–12

GT1M

30

SPACE

2010

Apr-June

Denmark

Inter.

1274

11–13

GT3X

30

SPEEDY

2007

Feb-July

United Kingdom

CS

1992

9–11

GT1M

5

The Belgian Environmental PA study in Youth

2008–09

Oct-May

Belgium

CS

606

13–15

GT1M

60

The Gateshead Millennium Study

2006–07

Oct-Dec

United Kingdom

Cross

478

6–8

GT1M

15

The Gateshead Millennium Study

2006–07

Oct-Dec

United Kingdom

Cross

478

6–8

GT1M

15

  1. ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; CHASE Child Heart And Health Study in England; GINIplus German Infant Study on the influence of Nutrition Intervention PLUS environmental and genetic influences on allergy development; HELENA Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Study; IDEFICS Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS; ISCOLE The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment KISS, Kinder-Sportstudie; LISA Influence of Life-style factors on the development of the Immune System and Allergies in East and West Germany; MAGIC Movement and Activity Glasgow Intervention in Children; MAL-TA Movement, Activity and Lifestyle- tweens in action; PEACH Personal and Environmental Associations with Children’s Health; SPEEDY Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people; SPACE,
  2. aValid files included in analyses