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Table 1 Demographic information [n (%); mean (SD)]

From: A citizen science study of short physical activity breaks at school: improvements in cognition and wellbeing with self-paced activity

 

Male

Female

Total

Age (months)

122.34 (8.50)

122.29 (8.58)

122.31 (8.54)

Sex (n)

2702 (49.5%)

2761 (50.5%)

5463 (100%)

Country

 England

2082 (49.5%)

2124 (50.5%)

4206 (77.0%)

 Scotland

394 (14.6%)

399 (14.5%)

793 (14.5%)

 Northern Ireland

18 (0.7%)

19 (0.7%)

37 (0.7%)

 Wales

201 (7.4%)

217 (7.9%)

418 (7.7%)

 Crown Dependency

7 (0.3%)

2 (0.1%)

9 (0.2%)

School-level SES

 1 (most deprived)

165 (6.1%)

142 (5.1%)

307 (5.6%)

 2

210 (7.8%)

192 (7.0%)

402 (7.4%)

 3

175 (6.5%)

215 (7.8%)

390 (7.2%)

 4

320 (11.9%)

292 (10.6%)

612 (11.2%)

 5

232 (8.6%)

237 (8.6%)

469 (8.6%)

 6

299 (11.1%)

313 (11.3%)

612 (11.2%)

 7

336 (12.5%)

329 (11.9%)

665 (12.2%)

 8

274 (10.2%)

283 (10.3%)

557 (10.2%)

 9

359 (13.3%)

386 (14.0%)

745 (13.7%)

 10 (least deprived)

325 (12.1%)

370 (13.4%)

695 (12.7%)

Age-corrected VO2 max (ml·kg−1·min−1)

48.45 (5.21)

46.68 (4.43)

47.55 (4.91)

Shuttle distance (m)

702.69 (402.08)

567.10 (331.17)

633.25 (373.61)

  1. The data presented is from participants who provided data for repeated measures analysis, not the full sample who registered some of whom provided only baseline or demographic data
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BMC Medicine

ISSN: 1741-7015

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