Familial correlates of adolescent girls' physical activity, television use, dietary intake, weight, and body composition

Table 2 Associations between family environment factors and girls' total physical activity, moderate to vigorous physical activity, and television use

		Independent Associations^a		Mutually-adjusted Associations^b
	n	Estimate	p	Estimate	p
Outcome: Girls' total physical activity (PA) in 30-minute blocks/day
Home PA Resources	252	0.51	.067	0.29	.308
Parental Total PA	251	0.59	.016	0.48	.062
Family Support for PA	249	0.63	.011	0.41	.121
Outcome: Girls' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in 30-minute blocks/day
Home PA Resources	252	0.41	.063	0.22	.336
Parental MVPA	251	0.48	.014	0.40	.047
Family Support for PA	249	0.47	.016	0.28	.169
Outcome: Girls' television (TV) use in 30-minute blocks/day
Media resources	251	0.19	.318	0.27	.182
Number of TVs in home	248	0.28	.125	0.04	.861
TV in bedroom	239	0.31	.136	0.25	.265
Parental TV use	248	0.49	.008	0.43	.033
Familial encouragement to decrease TV use	250	-0.14	.446	0.04	.836

Note: Estimates significant at the p < .05 level have been emboldened.
^a Models included sociodemographic variables (race/ethnicity, parental education, and age) and school as random effect.
^b Models included sociodemographic variables, school, and outcome-specific independent variables.

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