Table 1 Lifestyle factors in children who walked and cycled or travelled by car or bus to school for two years, data are presented as numbers of children with the proportion within each group (in brackets) expressed as % or as mean (SD).
Girls (n = 65) | Boys (n = 81) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walking or cycling | Car or bus | p -value | Walking or cycling | Car or bus | p -value | |
At baseline | ||||||
Numbers | 48 | 17 | 57 | 24 | ||
Distance to school (km) | 0.5 (0.5) | 2.4 (2.5) | <0.001 | 0.6 (0.6) | 2.0(1.5) | <0.001 |
Excluding diary products | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 |
Drinking coffee | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 | 1 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 0.51 |
Tried to lose weight | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 |
Chronic disease | 2 (4%) | 1 (6%) | 1.00 | 3 (5%) | 2 (8%) | 0.63 |
Medication | 2 (4%) | 2 (12%) | 0.28 | 4 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 1.00 |
Fractures | 10 (20%) | 2 (12%) | 0.49 | 7 (12%) | 2 (8%) | 0.72 |
Menarche | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 | --- | --- | --- |
Total organized physical activity (hours per week) | 0.9 (1.1) | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.78 | 1.5 (1.6) | 1.4 (1.2) | 0.90 |
During study period | ||||||
Total organized physical activity (hours per week) | 3.4 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.1) | 0.84 | 4.5 (1.7) | 4.1 (2.6) | 0.41 |
At follow-up - Accelerometer data | ||||||
Numbers | 46 | 15 | 52 | 20 | ||
Recording time per day (hrs/day) | 11.6 (2.0) | 12.1 (1.3) | 0.34 | 12.0 (1.3) | 12.0 (1.4) | 0.95 |
Mean activity (mean counts/min) | 615 (144) | 615 (198) | 0.99 | 744 (232) | 756 (318) | 0.87 |
Moderate to vigorous activity (min/day) | 190 (34) | 194 (50) | 0.77 | 210 (50) | 206 (49) | 0.74 |
Vigorous activity (min/day) | 34 (13) | 35 (16) | 0.82 | 46 (25) | 46 (19) | 0.99 |