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
1
both parents active and one parent active significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from inactive parents.
2
all groups significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from each other.
3
both parents active significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from one active parent and inactive parents