High-intensity activity is more strongly associated with metabolic health in children compared to sedentary time: a cross-sectional study of the I.Family cohort

Table 2 Strength of partial least squares regression models

	PA and confounders	PA only	Confounders only	PA vs residuals
BMI	18.3%^**	3.4%^**	11.1%^**	6.5%^**
MetS	12.5%^**	2.7%^**	11.0%^**	4.2%^**
SBP	1.8%^**	1.2%^**	4.3%^**	0.1%
DBP	1.8%^**	1.4%^**	4.5%^**	0.4%^*
HDL	7.9%^**	1.3%^**	7.5%^**	1.1%^**
IR	10.8%^**	1.7%^**	10.5%^**	0.5%

Confounders include child’s age, child’s sex, household income, parents’ education. Residuals after removing the association to confounders. ^* indicates p < 0.05 and ^** indicates p < 0.01 from permutation tests. MetS metabolic syndrome score including waist circumference, blood pressure, blood lipids and insulin resistance. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL high-density lipoprotein, IR insulin resistance

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