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Table 4 Associations of sedentary behaviors and physical activity behaviors with percent fat mass (%) (n = 5913)

From: Sedentary behaviors, physical activity behaviors, and body fat in 6-year-old children: the Generation R Study

Child lifestyle behaviors

Crude model

Model 1*

Model 2**

Model 3***

β (95% CI)

β (95% CI)

β (95% CI)

β (95% CI)

TV viewing (≥2 hrs/d)

1.42 (0.98,1.86) ‡

0.43 (0.02,0.84) ‡

0.31 (−0.08,0.70)¥

0.29 (−0.11,0.68)¥

Computer game (≥1 hr/d)

0.19 (−0.64,1.02)

0.10 (−0.58,0.78)

0.04 (−0.59,0.68)

-

Outdoor play (<1 hr/d)

0.75 (0.23,1.27) ‡

0.35 (−0.02,0.72)†

0.20 (−0.20,0.61)

-

Sport participation (no)

0.94 (0.58,1.29) ‡

0.62 (0.33,0.91) ‡

0.59 (0.31,0.87) ‡

0.58 (0.30,0.87) ‡

Active transport (<5 d/week)

−0.68 (−1.07,-0.28) ‡

−0.02 (−0.34,0.30)

0.02 (−0.27,0.31)

-

  1. Table is based on imputed dataset. ¥p value <0.20, †p value <0.10; ‡p value <0.05. Values in bold indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05).
  2. Values represent beta’s and 95% confidence intervals derived from multiple logistic regression analyses.
  3. *Adjusted for socio-demographic factors: child’s sex, child’s age, child’s height, child’s ethnicity, maternal educational level, household income, and maternal employment status.
  4. **Additionally adjusted for family lifestyle factors: child’s breakfast skipping, consumption of high-calorie snacks, consumption of sugar-containing beverages, maternal BMI, and paternal BMI.
  5. ***Additionally adjusted for other sedentary behaviors and physical activity behaviors.