Table 1

Baseline characteristics of students who completed both baseline and follow-up examinations (n=355)

Baseline characteristicsMean±SD
Age at baseline (years)11.60±0.36
Sex, female, n (%)166 (46.8%)
Time spent in self-study, more than 2 h/day n (%)112 (31.5%)
Attending extra-class, yes n (%)322 (90.7%)
Studying on computer, yes n (%)149 (42.0%)
Daily time reading printed material indoors (h/d)1.16±0.73
Daily time playing video game indoors (h/d)1.38±0.67
Daily time watching TV indoors (h/d)1.47±0.66
Daily time playing sports indoors (h/d)0.48±0.72
Daily time playing/walking outdoors (h/d)1.31±0.71
Daily time playing sports outdoors (h/d)1.02±0.81
  • SD, standard deviation.