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

Table 4 Associations between family environment factors and girls' BMI and percent body fat^a

	BMI units				Percent body fat
	Independent Associations^a		Mutually-adjusted Associations^b		Independent Associations^a		Mutually-adjusted Associations^b
	Estimate	p	Estimate	p	Estimate	p	Estimate	p
PA-related Family Environment
Home PA Resources	0.24	.630	0.09	.892	0.33	.656	0.47	.618
Parental Total PA	0.03	.943	0.10	.924	0.17	.795	0.74	.597
Parental MVPA	0.08	.850	0.10	.918	0.11	.862	-0.29	.832
Family Support for PA	0.22	.623	0.09	.884	-0.45	.487	-1.28	.137
Television-related Family Environment
Media resources	1.04	.018	0.68	.199	2.19	.001	1.71	.024
Number of TVs in home	0.97	.030	0.58	.322	1.01	.120	0.30	.719
Television in bedroom	0.74	.123	0.71	.215	0.21	.767	0.27	.746
Parental television use	0.67	.128	0.30	.576	0.52	.405	-0.07	.927
Familial encouragement to decrease television use	0.18	.689	-0.17	.759	0.30	.633	-0.32	.689
Dietary intake-related Family Environment
Home availability of FV	-0.15	.728	0.19	.757	-0.28	.669	0.75	.393
Home availability of unhealthy food	-0.32	.472	-0.04	.964	-0.58	.368	0.27	.844
Home soft drink availability	-0.58	.211	-0.98	.347	-0.91	.180	-1.96	.198
Parental soft drink intake	0.26	.565	0.40	.510	0.57	.408	1.62	.077
Parental FV intake	-0.40	.376	-0.47	.386	-0.34	.599	0.41	.598
Familial encouragement to eat healthy food	0.52	.235	0.52	.394	0.24	.711	0.33	.713
Family meal frequency	-0.99	.023	-0.81	.117	-1.02	.112	-0.75	.311
Fast food family meal frequency	0.35	.410	0.33	.491	0.82	.181	0.48	.477

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 independent variables.

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