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Table 2 Prevalence of PA-related behaviours in individuals with asthma and their non-asthmatic peers

From: Physical fitness of children and youth with asthma in comparison to the reference population

Variables

Wave 1 (2009–2012)

Wave 2 (2014–2017)

Individuals with asthma

Reference population

Individuals with asthma

Reference population

Days with at least 60 min PA* (mean ± SD)

3.8 ± 1.8

3.8 ± 1.7

3.7 ± 1.8

3.8 ± 1.7

Sufficiently active** (%)

16.8

13.3

10.9

12.6

Membership sports club (%)

70.4

63.9

60.1

62.6

Low media consumption*** (%)

32.7

36.7

45.1

50.5

Intermediate media consumption (%)

34.0

32.0

32.4

27.1

High media consumption (%)

33.3

31.3

22.5

22.4

  1. Data are mean values (mean) ± standard deviation (SD) or percent (%)
  2. *Days per week with at least 60 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity, **percentage sufficiently active (60 min every day) based on Prochaska et al. [50], media consumption*** based on tertiles in relation to the total population of the KiGGS study in wave 1 and on tertiles in relation to the total population of the MoMo study in wave 2