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Table 3 Associations between factors in the family and home environment and children's physical activity (counts/minute)

From: Family and home correlates of children's physical activity in a multi-ethnic population: the cross-sectional child heart and health study in england (CHASE)

Variable

Level

All available data1

Mutually adjusted model1

  

N

Difference in CPM (95% CI)

p2

N

Difference in CPM (95% CI)

p2

SES

High

558

ref

      
 

Medium

530

-4

(-15, 7)

0.42

    
 

Low

953

2

(-8, 12)

0.67

    

N parents

2

1423

ref

  

1222

ref

  
 

<2

432

12

(2, 22)

0.02

375

8

(-3, 19)

0.18

N siblings

Score 0-3+

1855

1

(-4, 5)

0.74

    

Household density

Continuous

1835

-5

(-11, 1)

0.12

    

Family PA encouragement

Low

659

ref

      
 

High

1108

8

(-1, 16)

0.10

    

Family PA support

Score 0-3

1805

6

(1, 10)

0.01

1597

6

(1, 10)

0.01

Car ownership

No

507

ref

  

383

ref

  
 

Yes

1544

-22

(-31, -13)

<0.0001

1214

-19

(-30, -8)

<0.001

Garden at home

No

557

ref

      
 

Yes

1504

0

(-9, 10)

0.94

    

Cable TV at home

No

588

ref

      
 

Yes

1458

3

(-6, 12)

0.51

    

Internet access at home

No

708

ref

  

511

ref

  
 

Yes

1354

-12

(-20, -3)

0.006

1086

-10

(-19, 0)

0.06

Pets at home

No

1326

ref

  

1039

ref

  
 

Yes

679

13

(4, 22)

0.01

558

13

(3, 23)

0.01

  1. 1. All models adjusted for gender, age quartiles, month, ethnicity and a random effect for school. In the mutually adjusted model, differences are additionally adjusted for all other factors for which results are displayed in the final column.
  2. 2. P-values are comparisons with the reference (ref) group (except for continuous variables).