Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism / 2012 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
The Prevalence of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours Relative to Obesity among Adolescents from Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: Rural versus Urban Variations Table 1 Mean ± SD of the main dependent variables for the total sample and sub-samples.
Variable Urban Rural farm Rural desert Whole group Male
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Female
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3
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0
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8
9
Male
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5
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5
Male
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3
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0
7
Age
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Weight 70.08 ± 21.62 60.47 ± 20.03 63.31 ± 18.37 54.12 ± 15.51 69.10 ± 20.05 62.23 ± 18.83 67.76 ± 20.62 58.74 ± 18.80 Height 168.6 ± 7.41 154.91 ± 9.00 166.86 ± 6.61 153.75 ± 8.02 167.29 ± 6.07 154.16 ± 5.74 167.86 ± 7.02 154.44 ± 8.32 BMI 24.58 ± 7.18 26.35 ± 21.84 22.67 ± 6.16 23.89 ± 20 24.59 ± 6.66 26.00 ± 6.84 23.97 ± 5.764 25.54 ± 19.83 Abdominal Circumference 78.73 ± 16.87 82.47 ± 15.02 73.90 ± 14.15 78.58 ± 12.65 76.36 ± 13.91 81.89 ± 15.24 76.85 ± 15.79 81.17 ± 14.44 Time spent on TV 2.60 ± 1.81 2.28 ± 1.67 2.29 ± 1.62 2.71 ± 1.97 2.48 ± 2.13 3.63 ± 2.20 2.49 ± 1.80 2.60 ± 1.90 Time spent on computer 2.58 ± 2.02 3.57 ± 2.45 2.34 ± 2.05 2.98 ± 2.29 1.96 ± 2.26 2.12 ± 2.09 2.43 ± 2.07 3.19 ± 2.40 Total METs min/week (vigorous) 1780 ± 2037 112 ± 76 1653 ± 2066 176 ± 410 1286 ± 1448 64 ± 41 1678 ± 1987 125 ± 232 Total METs min/week (moderate) 702 ± 772 475 ± 409 740 ± 841 696 ± 584 368 ± 358 540 ± 394 676 ± 769 564 ± 490
