Parental correlations of physical activity and body mass index in young children- the GECKO Drenthe cohort

Table 3 Correlations between maternal physical activity and BMI and children’s physical activity, BMI and waist circumference

	Physical activity child						Antropometric measures child
	n	% Sed	% LPA	% MPA	% VPA	Total	n	BMI Z-score	n	WC Z-score
^a,bCommuting PA (min/wk)	230	−0.081	0.131*	−0.057	−0.054	0.003	1079	−0.062*	735	−0.013
^bTotal PA (min/wk)	230	−0.001	−0.065	0.132*	0.132*	0.097	1079	0.016	735	0.025
^bLPA (min/wk)	230	−0.010	−0.048	0.112	0.143*	0.096	1079	−0.021	735	−0.016
^bMPA (min/wk)	230	0.035	−0.035	0.001	0.004	−0.034	1079	0.056	735	0.060
^bVPA (min/wk)	230	−0.100	0.078	0.063	−0.013	0.064	1079	−0.021	735	−0.032
^cBMI (kg/m²)	291	0.120*	−0.066	−0.154**	−0.109	−0.158**	1448	0.270***	1088	0.215***

ACM activity counts per minute, LPA light physical activity, min minutes, MPA moderate physical activity; activity, PA physical activity, Sed sedentary, VPA vigorous physical activity, WC waist circumference, wk week
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^aby bike or walking
^bSpearman correlation coefficient
^cPearson correlation coefficient

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