The association between maternal-child physical activity levels at the transition to formal schooling: cross-sectional and prospective data from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Hesketh, Kathryn R.; Brage, Soren; Cooper, Cyrus; Godfrey, Keith M.; Harvey, Nicholas C.; Inskip, Hazel M.; Robinson, Sian M.; Van Sluijs, Esther M. F.

doi:10.1186/s12966-019-0782-9

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 5 Prospective associations between child and maternal physical activity levels between age 4 and 6 years

From: The association between maternal-child physical activity levels at the transition to formal schooling: cross-sectional and prospective data from the Southampton Women’s Survey

	Sedentary time	p-Value	Light Physical Activity		Moderate to vigorous physical activity	p-Value
	Sedentary time	p-Value	β [95% C.I.] (minutes/day)	p-Value	Moderate to vigorous physical activity	p-Value
Daily^a
Maternal activity	0.23	< 0.001	0.21	< 0.001	0.45	< 0.001
Maternal activity	[0.18,0.28]	< 0.001	[0.16,0.26]	< 0.001	[0.31,0.58]	< 0.001
Age 6 vs Age 4	57.30	< 0.001	−42.23	< 0.001	7.75	< 0.001
Age 6 vs Age 4	[27.56,87.05]	< 0.001	[−67.12,-17.34]	< 0.001	[3.71,11.78]	< 0.001
Interaction	−0.05	0.730	−0.02	0.258	−0.16	0.042
Interaction	[−0.12,0.02]	0.730	[−0.08,0.05]	0.258	[−0.31,-0.00]	0.042
Morning^b (6-9 am)
Maternal activity	0.41	< 0.001	0.39	< 0.001	0.17	< 0.001
Maternal activity	[0.35,0.48]	< 0.001	[0.33,0.45]	< 0.001	[0.14,0.19]	< 0.001
Age 6 vs Age 4	9.33	0.001	1.71	0.513	0.44	< 0.001
Age 6 vs Age 4	[3.87,14.78]	0.001	[−2.95,6.37]	0.513	[0.31,0.58]	< 0.001
Interaction	−0.07	0.368	−0.13	0.003	−0.07	< 0.001
Interaction	[−0.16,0.01]	0.368	[−0.21,-0.05]	0.003	[−0.10,-0.04]	< 0.001
School^b (9 am-3 pm)
Maternal activity	0.04	0.038	0.04	0.080	0.04	< 0.001
Maternal activity	[0.01,0.09]	0.038	[−0.00,0.09]	0.080	[0.03,0.05]	< 0.001
Age 6 vs Age 4	20.81	0.001	−25.41	< 0.001	0.78	0.021
Age 6 vs Age 4	[9.89,31.72]	0.001	[−34.76,-16.06]	< 0.001	[0.55,1.02]	0.021
Interaction	0.02	0.136	−0.03	0.637	−0.03	0.010
Interaction	[− 0.04,0.08]	0.136	[− 0.09,0.02]	0.637	[− 0.04,-0.01]	0.010
Evening^b (3-11 pm)
Maternal activity	0.20	< 0.001	0.14	< 0.001	0.04	< 0.001
Maternal activity	[0.13,0.26]	< 0.001	[0.08,0.20]	< 0.001	[0.02,0.05]	< 0.001
Age 6 vs Age 4	24.69	0.001	−2.13	0.423	0.22	0.034
Age 6 vs Age 4	[10.15,39.22]	0.001	[−13.74,9.48]	0.423	[0.01,0.42]	0.034
Interaction	−0.08	0.035	−0.06	0.216	−0.01	0.076
Interaction	[−0.16,-0.01]	0.035	[−0.13,0.01]	0.216	[−0.03,0.00]	0.076

β beta regression coefficient, 95% C.I. 95% confidence interval; ^a Full day: > 10 h, model adjusted for child sex, weight status, age mother left full-time education, siblings at home, time of the week and season; ^b weekdays only, number of included hours indicated in brackets, all models adjusted for wear time, child sex, weight status, age mother left full-time education, siblings at home, and season; bold text indicates significant interaction effect for maternal physical activity and child age; data points: Morning: n = 1360; School: n = 1488; Evening n = 181

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