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Table 4 Follow-up associations between school physical activity provision and high levels of physical activity and fitnessa

From: The provision of compulsory school physical activity: Associations with physical activity, fitness and overweight in childhood and twenty years later

Follow-Up Measures

Men

Women

 

% (n/N)

PRc

95% CI

PRd

95% CI

% (n/N)

PRc

95% CI

PRd

95% CI

Daily Steps

          

   Low PA School

27 (55/205)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

26 (68/263)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

   Med PA School

23 (53/235)

0.84

(0.59–1.20)

0.91

(0.65–1.26)

27 (71/267)

1.03

(0.73–1.45)

1.00

(0.75–1.34)

   High PA School

28 (77/278)

1.03

(0.74–1.44)

1.09

(0.79–1.50)

28 (80/288)

1.07

(0.76–1.52)

1.05

(0.77–1.43)

p trend

 

0.77

 

0.48

  

0.68

 

0.81

Total PAb

          

   Low PA School

22 (52/237)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

27 (86/321)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

   Med PA School

23 (62/266)

1.06

(0.76–1.49)

1.08

(0.79–1.47)

26 (87/336)

0.97

(0.72–1.29)

0.95

(0.74–1.24)

   High PA School

26 (79/305)

1.18

(0.84–1.66)

1.22

(0.90–1.66)

28 (100/357)

1.05

(0.82–1.34)

1.00

(0.78–1.28)

p trend

 

0.32

 

0.19

  

0.71

 

0.99

LTPAb

          

   Low PA School

30 (70/237)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

23 (73/321)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

   Med PA School

23 (61/266)

0.78

(0.59–1.03)

0.79

(0.60–1.04)

24 (80/336)

1.05

(0.80–1.36)

1.10

(0.84–1.44)

   High PA School

27 (83/305)

0.92

(0.70–1.22)

0.92

(0.71–1.20)

26 (93/357)

1.15

(0.89–1.47)

1.18

(0.91–1.53)

p trend

 

0.65

 

0.57

  

0.29

 

0.22

Fitness

          

   Low PA School

23 (43/190)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

26 (51/197)

1.0

Ref

1.0

Ref

   Med PA School

30 (68/229)

1.31

(0.90–1.92)

1.41

(1.00–1.97)

22 (46/209)

0.85

(0.58–1.25)

0.82

(0.58–1.17)

   High PA School

23 (62/266)

1.03

(0.71–1.48)

1.14

(0.81–1.60)

26 (61/235)

1.00

(0.70–1.43)

0.98

(0.72–1.35)

p trend

 

0.98

 

0.75

  

0.95

 

0.90

  1. a High physical activity and fitness defined as being in the top quarter of physical activity or fitness within sex strata.
  2. b Self-reported physical activity (PA).
  3. c PR: prevalence ratios adjusted for the effects of clustering by school.
  4. d PR: prevalence ratios adjusted for the effects of clustering by school plus baseline area-level SES, baseline smoking, baseline parental physical activity, highest level of education, smoking at follow-up, marital status at follow-up and number of live births at follow-up (females only)