Parental influences on adolescents' physical activity and sedentary behavior: longitudinal findings from Project EAT-II

Table 3 Adolescent sedentary activity at Time 2 by adolescent-reported parental factors at Time 1: 5-year longitudinal associations

		n^a	Model 1^b Adjusted Mean Hours of TV/Video per Week by Level of Parental Factors				Model 1 p for trend^b	Model 2 p for trend^c
			Not at all	A little	Somewhat	Very much
Maternal Encouragement to be Active
	Younger Males	324	19.4	18.4	20.4	17.4	0.50	0.63
	Older Males	730	16.2	18.2	19.6	19.4	0.02	<0.01
	Young Females	393	21.7	19.7	16.7	15.9	<0.01	0.02
	Older Females	904	17.6	17.1	17.4	17.7	0.85	0.58
Mother Cares About Staying Fit
	Young Males	325	18.4	19.7	18.7	18.0	0.78	0.94
	Older Males	731	19.1	19.1	18.4	19.9	0.72	0.30
	Young Females	394	20.9	17.0	17.6	16.3	0.04	0.45
	Older Females	908	16.9	17.9	17.5	17.2	0.94	0.92
Paternal Encouragement to be Active
	Younger Males	317	17.9	20.6	19.8	17.4	0.72	0.24
	Older Males	707	18.4	18.8	18.3	19.4	0.46	0.04
	Young Females	359	18.3	17.1	18.0	14.9	0.08	0.66
	Older Females	874	18.7	16.4	17.7	17.2	0.29	0.22
Father Cares About Staying Fit
	Young Males	317	17.3	18.8	19.3	18.1	0.67	0.15
	Older Males	702	19.2	19.4	18.0	19.3	0.78	0.20
	Young Females	360	17.7	15.9	16.9	16.5	0.61	0.27
	Older Females	873	18.4	17.1	17.2	17.5	0.40	0.32

^a n may differ slightly across variables and models
^b Model 1: Adjusted for race (white/non white) and SES in 5 categories
^c Model 2: Adjusted for race (white/non white, SES in 5 categories and hours of TV/video at Time 1)

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