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Table 5 Association between screen time over two hours per day (across all days of the week) and health outcomes for First Nations children, and non-indigenous children

From: Screen time among kindergarten children in the Australian Capital Territory (including a comparison of First Nations and non-Indigenous children)

Health measures

Outcome

Comparison

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

First Nations children

Non-Indigenous children

µþ²Ñ±õ†

Overweight/obese

Healthy weight

1.4 (0.6–3.1)

1.5 (1.3–1.7)

Respiratory

Chest wheeze/whistle

(in past 12 months)

No chest wheeze/whistle (in past 12 months)

1.0 (0.5–2.4)

1.2 (1.0-1.4)

Development

PEDS predictive concerns

(any number)

No PEDS predictive concerns

1.0 (0.5–2.1)

1.5 (1.3–1.7)

Wellbeing

‘High-risk’ or ‘slightly raised’ range SDQ Total difficulties score

’Close to average risk’ SDQ Total difficulties score

1.1 (0.5–2.3)

1.5 (1.3–1.8)

  1. †Underweight children were excluded from OR analysis due to the small proportion in this BMI category within each cohort