Table 2
Age, health markers, parent-reported and directly measured variables, by sex, household population aged 6 to 11, Canada, 2007 to 2009

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Table 2
Age, health markers, parent-reported and directly measured variables, by sex, household population aged 6 to 11, Canada, 2007 to 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of age, health markers, parent-reported and directly measured variables. This information is grouped by total, boys, girls (appearing as column headers), calculated using average, 95% confidence interval as units of measure.
  Total Boys Girls
Average 95% confidence interval Average 95% confidence interval Average 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Age and health markers  
Age 8.7 8.5 8.9 8.7 8.4 9.0 8.8 8.5 9.1
Body mass index (kg/m2) 17.8 17.5 18.1 17.9 17.4 18.4 17.6 17.1 18.1
Overweight/Obese (%) 22.7 18.8 26.6 24.6 18.8 30.4 20.6 15.7 25.5
Waist circumference (cm) 61.0 59.9 62.2 61.8 60.3 63.3 60.2 58.7 61.7
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 93.2 92.4 94.0 93.1 92.2 94.0 93.3 92.4 94.2
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 60.7 59.9 61.5 60.6 59.7 61.5 60.7 59.8 61.6
Non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0
Parent-reported variables  
Usual moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (minutes per day) 104.5 101.8 107.2 109.0 105.8 112.2 100.0 97.0 103.0
Total screen time (hours per day) 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.7
Television and video time (hours per day) 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.7 2.0
Computer time (hours per day) 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8
Sleep (hours per day) 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.5 9.8
Directly measured variables  
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (minutes per day) 63.3 60.1 66.4 69.4 65.4 73.4 56.9 54.3 59.5
Sedentary time (hours per day) 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.8
Sleep (hours per day) 10.1 10.0 10.2 10.0 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.1 10.3
N=878
Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.