Table 3 Results of multivariate regression analysis for prediction of sedentary behavior in preschool children
Independent variables | Sedentary Behavior (min/hr) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In-school | After-school | Total-day | |||||||
β (SE) | F | P | β (SE) | F | P | β (SE) | F | P | |
Intercept | 52.1 (3.12) | - | <.001 | 47.8 (4.59) | - | <.001 | 50.7 (2.72) | - | <.001 |
School type (0 = Traditional, 1 = Montessori) | −2.70 (1.22) | 4.80 | .03 | −1.83 (0.87) | 4.36 | .04 | −1.72 (0.64) | 6.90 | .009 |
Age | −1.01 (0.44) | 5.19 | .02 | 0.12 (0.69) | 0.03 | .77 | −0.45 (0.40) | 1.23 | .26 |
Gender 0 = girls, 1 = boys) | −1.45 (0.41) | 12.7 | <.001 | −1.94 (0.63) | 9.40 | .003 | −1.47 (0.37) | 15.7 | <.001 |
Race (0 = White, 1 = African American) | −1.23 (0.56) | 2.57 | .03 | 0.90 (0.81) | 1.03 | .27 | −0.71 (0.49) | 1.19 | 0.15 |
(0 = Other, 1 = White) | 0.17 (0.67) | .80 | 1.06 (1.03) | .30 | 0.04 (0.59) | 0.95 | |||
(0 = Other, 1 = African American) | −1.06 (0.69) | .12 | 0.16 (1.01) | .87 | −0.68 (0.62) | 0.27 | |||
BMI | 0.06 (0.11) | 0.29 | .59 | −0.07 (0.18) | 0.16 | .69 | −0.09 (0.10) | 0.87 | .35 |
Parent education (0 = ≤ College, 1 = > College) | 0.54 (0.61) | 0.77 | .38 | 1.88 (0.93) | 2.87 | .09 | 1.28 (0.54) | 5.50 | .02 |
Preschool setting (0 = Public, 1 = Private) | −0.16 (1.24) | 0.02 | .89 | −2.10 (0.90) | 5.41 | .03 | −1.05 (0.53) | 3.83 | .05 |
After-school sports participation (0 = < 3 times/mth, 1 = ≥ 3 times/mth) | −0.07 (0.20) | 0.13 | .71 | −0.20 (0.78) | 0.07 | .89 | −0.53 (0.46) | 1.32 | .25 |
R2 (MCCC), % | 0.48 | 0.22 | 0.34 | ||||||