Differences between Norwegian male and female preschool staff physical activity levels and their influence on PA levels of children

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Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of male and female preschool staff’s age, education, objectively-measured activity level, and fulfilment of health recommendations.

	Men (Mean, SD)	Women (Mean, SD)
Sample size (n)	15	57
Age	36 ± 10.9	39.8 ± 10.3
Preschool education (%)	30.8	49.1
Objectively-measured activity level
MVPA daily in general (min)^a	44.8 ± 16.6	30 ± 18.1
MVPA preschool hours (min)^a	26.2 ± 13.9	15.2 ± 11
MVPA leisure time weekdays (min)^a	23.6 ± 11.6	14.5 ± 12.1
MVPA weekends (min)	27.5 ± 28.9	33 ± 26
CPM in general^a	470 ± 125	381 ± 118
CPM preschool hours^a	545 ± 154	425 ± 146
CPM leisure time weekdays^a	470 ± 225	356 ± 169
CPM weekends	354 ± 214	361 ± 156
Health recommendations for daily PA  Met (%)^a  Met during preschool hours (%)^a  Met with 10 min bouts (%)	100 40 36.4	64.9 12.3 37.7
Met during preschool hours with 10 min bouts (%)	9.1	7.5

^a Differences between gender with p < .05.