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Table 3 Minutes of MVPA during school hours (square root transformed) is shown as a function of group status, time, BMI and sex. Repeated measures mixed effects unconditional vs. conditional models controlling for the clustering of data structure contrast the two study groups over time with regard to time spent in MVPA during school hours.

From: Assessment of a two-year school-based physical activity intervention among 7-9-year-old children

 

Adjusted models*

 

counts per minute(cpmschool)

MVPAschool (mins/day)

 

β

CI

p-value

β

CI

p-value

Constant

26.77

(23.67, 29.85)

>.0001

5.79

(4.58, 6.99)

>.0001

Gender

3.71

(3.06, 4.35)

>.0001

1.75

(1.22, 2.28)

>.0001

Group

0.76

(-3.31, 4.84)

.63

0.79

(-0.93, 2.51)

.27

BMI

-0.18

(-0.32, -0.04)

.01

-0.06

(-0.11, -0.01)

.02

Time(mid)

-0.21

(-1.15, 0.73)

.66

0.07

(-0.34, 0.49)

.72

Time(post)

-0.36

(-1.32, 0.59)

.46

0.42

(-0.02, 0.86)

.06

Time(mid) x Group

3.63

(2.35, 4.91)

>.0001

0.61

(0.02, 1.20)

.04

Time(post) x Group

0.33

(-0.94, 1.60)

.61

-0.48

(-1.26, 0.05)

.07

Gender x Group

   

-0.74

(-1.47, -0.01)

.05

Time(mid) x Gender

   

-0.36

(-1.04, 0.32)

.30

Time(post) x Gender

   

-0.11

(-0.83, 0.61)

.76

Time(mid) x Group x Gender

   

1.06

(0.15, 1.97)

.02

Time(post) x Group x Gender

   

0.72

(-0.21, 1.66)

.12

  1. The constant represents the mean value for the control group, but only for girls (gender = 0) and those with an average value of BMI
  2. a reference: girls
  3. b reference: controls
  4. c reference: time at baseline