Table 1. Participant’s characteristics, grouped according to their parents’ activity levels. Values are means (±SD).
|
Parents Inactive |
One Parent Active |
Both Parents Active |
Total Sample |
| N (%) |
471 (29.2) |
502 (31.1) |
642 (39.7) |
1615 (100) |
| Gender (male; %) |
242 (51.4) |
255 (50.8) |
316 (49.2) |
813 (50.3) |
| Age (years) 1 |
7.1 (.7) |
7.0 (.6) |
7.0 (0.6) |
7.1 (0.6) |
| Height (m) |
1.24 (.06) |
1.24 (.07) |
1.24 (.06) |
1.24 (.06) |
| Body Mass (kg) 3 |
25.1 (4.8) |
25.0 (5.4) |
24.1 (4.4) |
24.7 (4.9) |
| BMI PCT 3 |
52.0 (28.4) |
50.2 (26.9) |
44.5 (26.3) |
48.4 (27.3) |
| Overweight/Obese (%) 3 |
6.5/4.9 |
4.5/4.7 |
4.4/1.6 |
5.0/3.5 |
| Sports (min/week) 2 |
73.7 (100.0) |
102.0 (96.6) |
117.7(123.6) |
100.0 (110.5) |
| Age mother (years) 2 |
36.1 (5.5) |
37.4 (5.6) |
38.4 (4.5) |
37.4 (5.2) |
| Age father (years) |
39.8 (6.4) |
40.4 (5.8) |
41.06 (5.3) |
40.4 (5.8) |
| High family income (%) 2 |
34.0 |
41.9 |
60.8 |
46.5 |
| Higher education (%) 3 |
22.6 |
29.9 |
42.2 |
32.4 |
1both parents active and one parent active significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from inactive parents.
2all groups significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from each other.
3both parents active significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from one active parent and inactive parents
