Table 1 |
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Relationship between habitual activities/eating behaviours and overweight (OW) |
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Activity/Eating behaviour |
Tertiles |
n (%) |
Median (IQR) |
OR1 |
95% CI |
p |
OR4 |
95% CI |
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Sleep (hours/day) |
≤ 8.5 |
203(33.9) |
8 (7.5–8.5) |
6.7 |
1.5, 30.2 |
0.013 |
6.8 |
1.4, 32.1 |
|
8.51–9.5 |
257 (43) |
9 (9–9.5) |
3.6 |
0.8, 16.3 |
0.09 |
3.7 |
0.8, 17.4 |
|
|
> 9.5 |
138 (23.1) |
10 (10–10.5) |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
|
|
Sedentary activities2 (hours/day) |
≤ 7.4 |
200 (33.4) |
6.7 (6.2–7.1) |
1 |
- |
- |
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7.41–8.9 |
199(33.3) |
8.1(7.8–8.5) |
0.6 |
0.3, 1.5 |
0.27 |
- |
- |
|
|
> 8.91 |
199 (33.3) |
10.2(9.5–11.2) |
0.9 |
0.4,2.2 |
0.91 |
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Rigorous activities3 (hours/day) |
≤ 1.61 |
195 (32.6) |
1 (0.6–1.4) |
1.7 |
0.8, 3.8 |
0.20 |
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1.62–2.61 |
203 (33.9) |
2.0 (1.8–2.3) |
0.8 |
0.3, 2.0 |
0.65 |
- |
- |
|
|
> 2.61 |
200 (33.4) |
3.4 (3–4.1) |
1 |
- |
- |
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TV viewing (hours/day) |
≤ 0.75 |
217 (36.3) |
0.7 (0.5–0.75) |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
|
0.76–1.5 |
266 (44.5) |
1 (1–1.5) |
3.1 |
0.8, 11.3 |
0.09 |
3.1 |
0.8, 11.4 |
|
|
> 1.5 |
115 (19.2) |
2 (2–3) |
19.6 |
5.5, 69.4 |
< 0.001 |
19.8 |
5.4, 71.9 |
|
|
Fried foods (frequency/week) |
≤ 2.5 |
199 (33.3) |
1 (0.3–2.0) |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
|
2.5–6 |
199 (33.3) |
3.7 (3.0–4.7) |
0.5 |
0.2, 1.6 |
0.27 |
0.4 |
0.1, 1.1 |
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|
> 6 |
200 (33.4) |
10.8 (8.0–16.5) |
3.1 |
1.3, 7.6 |
0.014 |
1.6 |
0.7, 3.9 |
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IQR – interquartile range, OR- odds ratio, 95% CI – 95% Confidence Interval, p = level of significance. 1 ORs were adjusted for age, gender, living location and socioeconomic status. 2 -includes all sedentary activities at school and home 3 -includes physical training at school, games at and after school and exercise 4 -OR were adjusted for age, gender, living location and socioeconomic status and the other significant predictors of overweight in the data |
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Kuriyan et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:25 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-25 |
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