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Table 4 Determinants of subjectively measured total sedentary behaviour in children and direction and strength of association

From: A systematic review of determinants of sedentary behaviour in youth: a DEDIPAC-study

 

Related to sedentary behaviour

Unrelated to sedentary behaviour

Summary code1

Variables

Reference number

Direction of association

Reference number

n/N for row (%)2

Association (+/−)3

Individual variables: biological/genetic

 Gender

33b

+

35, 63

1/3 (33 %)

0

 Age (older)

33b, 33g, 35b, 35g, 52, 59g, 59g, 59g, 59g, 62b, 62g

+

63

11/12 (92 %)

++

 Maturation

30b,wk, 62b, 62g, 62b, 62g

+

30g,wk, 30b,wn, 30g,wn

5/8 (63 %)

+

 Weight status

28, 30g,wn

+

30b,wn, 30b,wk, 30g,wk, 62

2/6 (33 %)

0

 SES (high)

62g

+

62b

1/2 (50 %)

?

Interpersonal variables: cultural

 Ethnicity (black)

33

+

 

1/1 (100 %)

+

Environmental variables

 Neighbourhood

  Neighbourhood SES (low)

33

+

 

1/1 (100 %)

+

  1. SES socio-economic status
  2. 1Summary code is an overall summary of the findings for each variable separately
  3. 2 n = Number of analyses that support the direction of the association; N = number of analyses that have investigated and reported on possible associations between the variable and sedentary behaviour
  4. 3Shows the direction of the individual/summary association
  5. Subgroup analyses: bonly in boys; gonly in girls; wkonly on weekdays; wnonly on weekend days; other subgroup analyses are listed but are not specified