Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

Characteristics	Total; 𝑁 = 5,998	Boys; 𝑛 = 2,972	Girls; 𝑛 = 3,026
Overweight (%, 95% CI)	16.0 (14.6–17.4)	16.7 (15.0–18.5)	15.2 (13.7–16.9)
Watching TV (%, 95% CI)	𝑁 = 5,778	𝑛 = 2,854	𝑛 =2,924
More than 2 h/d	89.3 (88.1–90.3)	88.2 (86.8–89.5)	90.4 (88.8–91.8)
Computer game use (%, 95% CI)	𝑁 = 5,777	𝑛 = 2,855	𝑛 = 2,922
More than 1 h/d	5.2 (4.4–6.2)	7.1 (6.0–8.5)^#	3.2 (2.5–4.1)^#
Having 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (%, 95% CI)	𝑁 = 5,925	𝑛 = 2,934	𝑛 = 2,991
More than 3 d/wk	41.6 (38.4–44.9)	48.6 (44.6–52.7)^#	34.4 (31.8–37.1)^#
Frequency of high energy snack consumption (%, 95% CI)	𝑁 = 5,985	𝑛 = 2,964	𝑛 = 3,021
1 time/d or more	4.2 (3.5–4.9)	3.7 (2.9–4.7)	4.6 (4.0–5.3)
Family income (%, 95% CI)	𝑁 = 5,374	𝑛 = 2,671	𝑛 = 2,703
15,000 B/month or more	24.4 (21.5–27.5)	25.4 (22.5–28.6)	23.3 (20.1–26.8)

CI: confidence interval; ^#𝑃<0.001.