Children's Use of Electronic Games: Choices of Game Mode and Challenge Levels

Table 3

Children’s overall mean MVPA% ± SD (actual min ± SD) and TEE by game type and mode.

Physical activity levels	Interactive bowling	Computer bowling	Interactive running game	Computer running game
MVPA % (min)
All	78.0±22.8	3.7±3.3	98.4±2.6	4.3±5.6
	(25.4±13.4)	(0.7±0.6)	(29.4±8.3)	(1.0±1.1)
Group
Fixed level	(69.0±28.0)^a	(2.7±2.5)^a	98.2±2.4	(2.6±2.6)^a
	(19.3±12.2)	(0.6±0.4)	(26.9±7.2)	(0.6±0.5)
Adjustable level	(87.0±11.4)^a	(4.7±3.7)^a	98.4±2.7	(6.0±7.2)^a
	(31.4±12.1)	(0.8±0.7)	(31.9±9.2)	(1.3±1.4)
Gender
Boys	82.1±20.9	3.9±3.5	98.5±3.0	4.3±6.1
	(28.3±13.1)	(0.7±0.6)	(28.6±9.7)	(1.0±1.0)
Girls	72.3±24.9	3.3±3.1	98.2±1.9	4.3±4.9
	(21.4±13.1)	(0.7±0.5)	(30.6±5.3)	(1.0±1.2)
TEE
All	2.76±1.2	1.24±0.6	4.05±1.1	1.32±0.4
Group
Fixed level	2.28±1.1^a	1.43±0.5^a	3.71±1.0^a	1.31±0.3
Adjustable level	3.24±1.2^a	1.06±0.5^a	4.39±1.3^a	1.32±0.4
Gender
Boys	3.01±1.2	1.13±0.5	3.97±1.4	1.35±0.4
Girls	2.42±1.2	1.39±0.6	4.17±0.7	1.27±0.3

MVPA:Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (walking + vigorous).
TEE:Total Energy Expenditure (kcal⋅kg^-1).
Significant group mean difference after adjusting for BMI: ^a𝑃≤.05.