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

Table 4 Correlations between paternal 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)	227	−0.049	0.060	0.066	−0.043	0.016	1023	0.030	688	0.007
^bTotal PA (min/wk)	227	0.031	−0.096	0.075	0.0127	0.044	1023	0.039	688	0.026
^bLPA (min/wk)	227	−0.027	0.001	0.008	0.006	0.011	1023	0.006	688	0.044
^bMPA (min/wk)	227	0.104	−0.133*	−0.003	0.098	−0.014	1023	0.031	688	−0.001
^bVPA (min/wk)	227	−0.034	−0.003	0.085	0.037	0.041	1023	0.015	688	0.015
^cBMI (kg/m²)	291	0.070	−0.052	−0.059	−0.045	−0.067	1405	0.237***	1060	0.203***

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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