Television Time among Brazilian Adolescents: Correlated Factors are Different between Boys and Girls

Table 2

Prevalence of excess television time (≥2 hours/day) according to independent variables.

Variables	Female		Male
	𝑛	% (95% CI)	𝑛	% (95% CI)
Total	941	70.9 (68.4, 73.3)	515	66.2 (62.8, 69.5)
Age (years)		𝑃=0.09^∗		𝑃=0.08^∗
≤16	554	72.7 (69.5, 75.8)	302	68.6 (64.2, 72.9)
17-18	384	68.5 (64.5, 72.3)	210	62.7 (57.4, 67.8)
Skin color		𝑃=0.17^†		𝑃=0.05^†
White	128	73.9 (67.3, 80.5)	68	62.9 (53.7, 72.2)
Lighter skinned black	499	68.8 (65.4, 72.2)	260	64.8 (60.1, 69.5)
Dark skinned black	191	74.0 (68.6, 79.4)	123	74.6 (67.8, 81.2)
Socioeconomic status		𝑃=0.03^∗		𝑃=0.07^∗
High	204	73.6 (68.4, 78.8)	131	60.3 (53.8, 66.9)
Intermediate	614	71.6 (68.6, 74.6)	325	69.2 (64.9, 73.3)
Low	114	63.6 (56.5, 70.8)	52	65.0 (54.3, 75.6)
Maternal schooling		𝑃=0.97^†		𝑃=0.48^†
>8 years	324	70.7 (66.5, 74.9)	210	67.9 (62.7, 73.1)
≤8 years	578	70.8 (67.7, 73.9)	283	65.5 (61.0, 70.0)
Paternal schooling		𝑃=0.05^∗		𝑃=0.95^∗
>8 years	334	73.8 (69.8, 77.9)	198	66.4 (61.0, 71.8)
≤8 years	523	68.7 (65.4, 72.0)	274	66.6 (62.1, 71.2)
Physical activity		𝑃=0.16^†		𝑃=0.22^†
Active	110	66.2 (58.9, 73.5)	146	69.5 (63.2, 75.8)
Little active	827	71.5 (68.9, 74.1)	365	64.8 (60.8, 68.7)
Fruit consumption		𝑃=0.69^∗		𝑃=0.88^∗
≥3 portions/day	191	69.9 (64.4, 75.4)	113	66.4 (59.3, 73.6)
<3 portions/day	750	71.2 (68.4, 73.8)	398	65.8 (62.1, 69.6)
Vegetables consumption		𝑃=0.03^∗		𝑃=0.27^∗
≥4 portions/day	80	62.9 (54.4, 71.5)	46	60.5 (49.2, 71.7)
<4 portions/day	861	71.7 (69.1, 74.3)	469	66.8 (63.3, 70.3)
Smoking		𝑃=0.13^†		𝑃=0.93^†
No	876	70.5 (68.0, 73.1)	477	66.1 (62.6, 69.6)
Yes	62	78.4 (69.2, 87.7)	38	66.6 (54.0, 79.2)
Alcohol use		𝑃=0.82^†		𝑃=0.60^†
No	583	70.8 (67.7, 73.9)	308	65.5 (61.2, 69.8)
Yes	357	71.4 (67.4, 75.3)	204	67.3 (62.0, 72.6)
Sports team participation		𝑃=0.99^∗		𝑃=0.37^∗
≥2 Sports team	74	71.1 (62.3, 80.0)	175	68.0 (62.3, 73.8)
1 Sports team	209	70.8 (65.6, 76.0)	152	68.4 (62.3, 74.6)
No Sports team	649	70.9 (67.9, 73.8)	185	63.3 (57.7, 68.9)

CI: confidence interval; ∗linear trend chi-square test; †heterogeneity chi-square test.