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Table 1 Characteristics of the 45,555 pre-adolescents included in the study population according to the main exposure status (screen-based activity) (11-year follow-up, The Danish National Birth Cohort, 1996–2003)

From: Spinal pain in pre-adolescence and the relation with screen time and physical activity behavior

  

Average time spent on screen-based activity (h/day)a

Characteristics

N

<  2

2 to < 4

4 to < 6

≥ 6

Totalb

45,555 (100)

10,104 (22.2)

22,057 (48.4)

9452 (20.8)

3942 (8.7)

Physical activity behavior

     

 Inactive

5201 (11.4)

753 (7.5)

2251 (10.2)

1366 (14.5)

831 (21.6)

 Lightly active

20,436 (44.9)

4186 (41.5)

9730 (44.1)

4544 (48.1)

1973 (49.3)

 Moderately active

17,853 (39.2)

4519 (44.7)

9065 (41.1)

3218 (34.1)

1051 (26.7)

 Vigorously active

2065 (4.5)

643 (6.4)

1011 (4.6)

324 (3.4)

87 (2.2)

Sex

     

 Boys

21,711 (47.7)

3686 (36.5)

10,177 (46.1)

5355 (56.7)

2493 (63.2)

 Girls

23,844 (52.3)

6418 (63.5)

11,880 (53.9)

4097 (43.4)

1449 (36.8)

Age

     

 11 years

38,326 (84.1)

8943 (88.5)

18,784 (85.2)

7599 (80.4)

3000 (76.1)

 12 years

7229 (15.9)

1161 (11.5)

3273 (14.8)

1853 (19.6)

942 (23.9)

Parental educational levelc

     

 High

30,629 (67.2)

7389 (73.1)

14,994 (68.10)

5987 (63.3)

2259 (57.3)

 Medium

14,100 (31.0)

2579 (25.5)

6699 (30.4)

3276 (34.7)

1546 (39.2)

 Low

826 (1.8)

136 (1.4)

364 (1.7)

189 (2.0)

137 (3.5)

Equivalised household incomec

     

 4th quartile (highest)

16,333 (35.9)

4082 (40.4)

8095 (36.7)

3055 (32.3)

1101 (27.9)

 3rd quartile

14,011 (30.8)

2996 (29.7)

6848 (31.1)

3010 (31.9)

1157 (29.4)

 2nd quartile

10,225 (22.4)

2006 (19.9)

4836 (22.0)

2259 (23.9)

1124 (28.5)

 1st quartile (lowest)

4986 (11.0)

1020 (10.1)

2278 (10.3)

1128 (12.0)

560 (14.2)

Family type

     

 Living with both parents

35,638 (78.2)

8110 (80.3)

17,449 (79.1)

7193 (76.1)

2886 (73.2)

 Not living with (both) parentsd

9917 (21.8)

1994 (19.7)

4608 (20.9)

2259 (23.9)

1056 (26.8)

Paritye

     

 Nulliparous

21,976 (48.2)

5498 (54.4)

10,755 (48.6)

4152 (43.9)

1571 (39.9)

 Parous

23,579 (51.8)

4606 (45.6)

11,302 (51.4)

5300 (56.1)

2371 (60.2)

  1. a Variables were analyzed with the chi-squared test of heterogeneity. Chi-squared tests were statistically significant for all variables
  2. b For total distribution of screen-based activity row percentage is shown; for all the covariates column percentages are shown
  3. c Measured the year of the child’s 11th birthday
  4. d Parents not living together due to divorce, separation, they never lived together or only one parent alive
  5. e Maternal parity status in index pregnancy