In each age category, girls were more likely than boys to have low levels of active play, although in the youngest age group (4–5 years) this difference did not reach statistical significance at an alpha level of 0.05 (p = 0.061).
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Active play and screen time in US children aged 4 to 11 years in relation to sociodemographic and weight status characteristics: a nationally representative cross-sectional analysis.
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In boys, obese boys 4 to 11 years old were more likely than non-obese boys to have low levels of active play (38.1% vs 30.1%) but this comparison failed to reach statistical significance (p = 0.099), and appeared to be driven by the 9–11 year age category in which 53.3% (95% CI, 40.1% to 66.4%) of obese boys had low levels of active play compared to 36.5% (95% CI, 28.6% to 44.5%) of non-obese boys.