Skip to main content

Table 2 Association between overweight and obesity with pedometer-determined steps/day and parent-reported television watching on a typical school day, Canadian boys and girls 5-19 years

From: Canadian children's and youth's pedometer-determined steps/day, parent-reported TV watching time, and overweight/obesity: The CANPLAY Surveillance Study

  

Average daily steps (weekly)

Average daily steps (weekday)

  

N = 7495

N = 7484

  

Overweight/obese

Overweight

Obese

Overweight/obese

Overweight

Obese

  

28%

17%

11%

28%

17%

11%

 

%

AOR* (95% CI)

AOR*(95% CI)

AOR* (95% CI)

AOR* (95% CI)

AOR*(95% CI)

AOR* (95% CI)

Male (referent)

51

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.0

1.0

1.0

Female

49

0.66 (0.57, 0.76)

0.62 (0.53, 0.74)

0.77 (0.63, 0.94)

0.66 (0.57, 0.75)

0.62 (0.53, 0.74)

0.76 (0.62, 0.93)

5-9 years (referent)

33

1.00

1.00

  

1.0

1.0

10-13 years

29

0.56 (0.47, 0.65)

0.95 (0.78, 1.15)

0.25 (0.19, 0.31)

0.56 (0.48, 0.65)

0.95 (0.79, 1.15)

0.25 (0.20, 0.32)

14-19 years

38

0.29 (0.24, 0.35)

0.52 (0.43, 0.65)

0.12 (0.09, 0.16)

0.29 (0.24, 0.35)

0.53 (0.43, 0.65)

0.12 (0.09, 0.16)

< Secondary (referent)

8

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.0

1.0

1.0

Secondary

22

0.96 (0.72, 1.29)

1.07 (0.74, 1.54)

0.85 (0.57, 1.22)

0.98 (0.73, 1.31)

1.08 (0.74, 1.56)

0.86 (0.58, 1.27)

College, trades

33

0.79 (0.60, 1.05)

0.91 (0.64, 1.30)

0.66 (0.45, 0.96)

0.80 (0.60, 1.06)

0.92 (0.64, 1.32)

0.67 (0.47, 0.97)

University

37

0.65 (0.49, 0.86)

0.82 (0.58, 1.17)

0.46 (0.31, 0.67)

0.66 (0.49, 0.87)

0.83 (0.58, 1.19(

0.47 (0.32, 0.69)

per 3000 steps/day

-

0.90 (0.84, 0.95)

0.95 (0.89, 1.01)

0.81 (0.73, 0.89)

0.90 (0.85, 0.95)

0.96 (0.90, 1.03)

0.79 (0.72, 0.87)

per 30 minutes TV

-

1.12 (1.07, 1.17)

1.08 (1.02, 1.14)

1.21 (1.13, 1.29)

1.12 (1.07, 1.18)

1.08 (1.02, 1.14)

1.21 (1.13, 1.30)

Stratified by Age

       

5-9 years

       

per 3000 steps/day

-

0.87 (0.79, 0.96)

0.98 (0.87, 1.10)

0.77(0.67, 0.89)

0.88 (0.80, 0.96)

1.03 (0.92, 1.15)

0.76 (0.66, 0.86)

per 30 minutes TV

-

1.15 (1.05, 1.26)

1.09 (0.97, 1.22)

1.21 (1.08, 1.36)

1.15 (1.05, 1.26)

1.10 (0.98, 1.23)

1.22 (1.09, 1.36)

10-13 years

       

per 3000 steps/day

-

0.87 (0.79, 0.97)

0.89 (0.79, 0.99)

0.81 (0.68, 0.98)

0.87 (0.79, 0.96)

0.89 (0.79, 0.99)

0.80 (0.67, 0.96)

per 30 minutes TV

-

1.13 (1.05, 1.23)

1.09 (1.00, 1.19)

1.24 (1.10, 1.39)

1.13 (1.05, 1.23)

1.09 (1.00, 1.19)

1.23 (1.10, 1.39)

14-19 years

       

per 3000 steps/day

-

0.95 (0.86, 1.05)

0.97 (0.88, 1.08)

0.89 (0.74, 1.07)

0.95 (0.86, 1.05)

0.98 (0.88, 1.09)

0.88 (0.74, 1.04)

per 30 minutes TV

-

1.09 (1.02, 1.18)

1.05 (0.97, 1.14)

1.19 (1.06, 1.34)

1.09 (1.02, 1.18)

1.05 (0.96, 1.14)

1.19 (1.05, 1.34)