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Overall characteristics of the study participants
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Polytechnic school | |
| Agriculture | 2 (1.2) |
| Education | 97 (58.4) |
| Health | 67 (40.4) |
| Academic year | |
| First | 88 (53) |
| Second | 52 (31.3) |
| Third | 26 (15.7) |
Health behaviours and level of depressive symptoms analysed by gender
| Variables | Male | Female | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical activity; n (%) | |||
| Low-moderate | 46 (47.4) | 9 (13) | < 0.001* |
| High | 51 (52.6) | 60 (87) | |
| Sports practice; n (%) | |||
| Yes | 34 (33) | 54 (78.3) | < 0.001* |
| No | 64 (66) | 15 (21.7) | |
| Sitting time; M (± SD) | 7.01 (4.27) | 5.70 (4.30) | < 0.001* |
| Weekly sleeping time; M (± SD) | 7.27 (1.13) | 7.22 (1.10) | 0.560 |
| Weekend sleeping time; M (± SD) | 8.51 (1.57) | 8.73 (1.69) | 0.392 |
| Activity Choice Index; M (± SD) | 2.95 (0.84) | 3.00 (0.89) | 0.638 |
| Depressive symptoms; M (± SD) | 7.49 (5.19) | 5.32 (4.40) | 0.003* |
Health behaviours and level of depressive symptoms analysed by academic year
| Variables | 1st year | 2nd year | 3rd year | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical activity; n (%) | ||||
| Low-moderate | 25 (28.4) | 18 (34.6) | 12 (46.2) | 0.365 |
| High | 63 (71.6) | 34 (65.4) | 14 (53.8) | |
| Sports practice; n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 51 (58) | 31 (59.6) | 5 (19.2) | 0.001* |
| No | 37 (42) | 21 (40.4) | 21 (80.8) | |
| Sitting time; M (± SD) | 6.39 (4.59) | 6.66 (4.26) | 6.34 (3.57) | 0.571 |
| Weekly sleeping time; M (± SD) | 6.95 (1.14) | 7.56 (1.00) | 7.63 (0.99) | < 0.001* |
| Weekend sleeping time; M (± SD) | 8.55 (1.51) | 8.73 (1.69) | 8.54 (1.88) | 0.661 |
| Activity Choice Index; M (± SD) | 3.08 (0.88) | 3.0 (0.89) | 3.3 (0.90) | 0.603 |
| Depressive symptoms; M (± SD) | 7.02 (5.18) | 6.81 (4.62) | 4.69 (4.71) | 0.033* |