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Table 2 Active commuting to school according to related factors in schoolchildren from Bogotá, Colombia

From: Factors associated with active commuting to school by bicycle from Bogotá, Colombia: The FUPRECOL study

Factors

Non-active

Activeb

1–59 min/día

60–119 min/día

>120 min/día

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total

6298

78.1

560

6.9

566

7.0

636

7.9

Gender

 Male

3729

83.2

248

5.5

236

5.3

268

6.0

 Female

2569

71.8

312

8.7

330

9.2

368

10.3

Age

 Children (9–12 años)

2724

75.4

261

7.2

310

8.6

319

8.8

 Adolescent (13–17 años)

3574

80.4

299

6.7

256

5.8

317

7.1

Waist circumference

 Abdominal obesity

357

77.6

36

7.8

32

7.0

35

7.6

 Healthy

5941

78.2

524

6.9a

534

7.0

601

7.9

Nutritional status

 Underweight

1047

78.4

103

7.7

92

6.9

94

7.0

 Healthy

3523

77.5

313

6.9

337

7.4

372

8.2

 Overweight/Obesity

1728

79.3

144

6.6

137

6.3

170

7.8

Father’s academic level

 No report

849

76.1

90

8.1

78

7.0

98

8.8

 Elementary or high school

4574

79.1

382

6.6

403

7.0

424

7.3

 Technician or technologist

531

77.1

48

7.0

48

7.0

62

9.0

 University or post-graduate

344

72.7

40

8.5

37

7.8

52

11.0

Mather’s academic level

 No report

612

75.4

63

7.8

59

7.3

78

9.6

 Elementary or high school

4641

79.0

390

6.6

405

6.9

439

7.5

 Technician or technologist

681

78.7

60

6.9

47

5.4

77

8.9

 University or post-graduate

364

71.7

47

9.3

55

10.8

42

8.3

Family structure

 Parents

3287

77.7

299

7.1

307

7.3

339

8.0

 Mother

2099

79.3

180

6.8

173

6.5

196

7.4

 Father

287

80.8

26

7.3

17

4.8

25

7.0

 Grandparents

152

75.2

14

6.9

14

6.9

22

10.9

 Others

224

76.7

20

6.8

21

7.2

27

9.2

Anthropometry

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Waist circumference (cm)

65.4

8.1

65.5

8.1

64.4

7.5

65.2

8.2

 Mass (kg)

45.9

12.1

45.2

12.2

43.2

11.8

44.8

12.9

 Heigth (cm)

150.9

12

151.2

12.2

148.9

13.3

150.1

13.2

 BMI (kg/m2)

19.9

3.4

19.5

3.3

19.2

3.1

19.5

3.4

  1. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation,
  2. aDifferences (X2) p < 0.05
  3. bUse of bicycle