Table 1 Demographic characteristics and descriptive statistics
Characteristics | Overallb (n = 1,165) | Brazil (n = 228) | Finland (n = 278) | Hong Kong (n = 96) | Mainland China (n = 186) | Singapore (n = 89) | South Korea (n = 202) | US (n = 86) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, year (10–17)a | 13.08 (2.18) | 13.01 (2.09) | 13.34 (2.06) | 13.50 (2.50) | 12.43 (2.15) | 13.20 (2.62) | 13.01 (2.06) | 13.34 (2.01) |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 881 (75.6%) | 199 (87.3%) | 185 (66.5%) | 85 (88.5%) | 153 (82.3%) | 71 (79.8%) | 125 (61.9%) | 63 (73.3%) |
Female | 284 (24.4%) | 29 (12.7%) | 93 (33.5%) | 11 (11.5%) | 33 (17.7%) | 18 (20.2%) | 77 (38.1%) | 23 (26.7%) |
Severity level of ASD | ||||||||
Mild | 568 (48.8%) | 132 (57.9%) | 140 (50.4%) | 67 (69.8%) | 54 (29.0%) | 46 (51.7%) | 92 (45.5%) | 37 (43.0%) |
Moderate or severe | 597 (51.2%) | 96 (42.1%) | 138 (49.6%) | 29 (30.2%) | 132 (71.0%) | 43 (48.3%) | 110 (54.5%) | 49 (57.0%) |
Physical activity guideline | ||||||||
Yes | 84 (7.2%) | 9 (3.9%) | 26 (9.4%) | 6 (6.3%) | 28 (15.1%) | 7 (7.9%) | 3 (1.5%) | 5 (5.8%) |
Screen time guideline | ||||||||
Yes | 540 (46.4%) | 46 (20.2%) | 77 (27.7%) | 43 (44.8%) | 143 (76.9%) | 39 (43.8%) | 164 (81.2%) | 28 (32.6%) |
Sleep guideline | ||||||||
Yes | 651 (55.9%) | 139 (61.0%) | 189 (68.0%) | 48 (50%) | 84 (45.2%) | 39 (43.8%) | 104 (51.5%) | 48 (55.8%) |
Number of guidelines meet | ||||||||
None | 251 (21.5%) | 64 (28.1%) | 63 (22.7%) | 26 (27.1%) | 22 (11.8%) | 30 (33.7%) | 21 (10.4%) | 25 (29.1%) |
One of three | 576 (49.4%) | 137 (60.1%) | 146 (52.5%) | 43 (44.8%) | 83 (44.6%) | 35 (39.3%) | 91 (45.0%) | 41 (47.7%) |
Two of three | 315 (27.0%) | 24 (10.5%) | 61 (21.9%) | 27 (28.1%) | 71 (38.2%) | 22 (24.7%) | 90 (44.6%) | 20 (23.3%) |
All three | 23 (2.0%) | 3 (1.3%) | 8 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (5.4%) | 2 (2.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
BMI z-score | 0.60 (1.38) | 0.90 (1.35) | 0.50 (1.42) | 0.56 (1.26) | 0.53 (1.48) | 0.24 (1.59) | 0.60 (1.06) | 0.71 (1.53) |
Body weight status | ||||||||
Underweight | 76 (6.5%) | 9 (3.9%) | 20 (7.2%) | 4 (4.2%) | 17 (9.1%) | 13 (14.6%) | 3 (1.5%) | 10 (11.6%) |
Normal weight | 611 (52.4%) | 97 (42.5%) | 152 (54.7%) | 50 (52.1%) | 88 (47.3%) | 47 (52.8%) | 142 (70.3%) | 35 (40.7%) |
Overweight | 194 (16.7%) | 50 (21.9%) | 37 (13.3%) | 21 (21.9%) | 38 (20.4%) | 11 (12.4%) | 24 (11.9%) | 13 (15.1%) |
Obesity | 284 (24.4%) | 72 (31.6%) | 69 (24.8%) | 21 (21.9%) | 43 (23.1%) | 18 (20.2%) | 33 (16.3%) | 28 (32.6%) |
General health (1–5)a | 3.27 (0.97) | 3.66 (0.93) | 3.28 (0.94) | 2.92 (0.88) | 2.56 (0.89) | 3.26 (0.95) | 3.51 (0.77) | 3.57 (0.91) |
Quality of life (1–5)a | 3.33 (0.93) | 3.50 (1.00) | 3.29 (0.94) | 3.43 (0.95) | 3.22 (0.92) | 3.54 (0.88) | 3.03 (0.78) | 3.59 (0.83) |