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Table 5 Factors associated with tracking high Total Screen Time (TV/DVD and electronic game/computer) among Norwegian children

From: Stability and change in screen-based sedentary behaviours and associated factors among Norwegian children in the transition between childhood and adolescence

 

Tracking high total screen time

Baseline characteristics

OR

C.I.

p

Females

Self-efficacy related to barriers to PA

   

   Low

2.30

1.13-4.69

0.022

   High

1

  

Pubertal stage

   Pre-pubertal

0.36

0.10-1.32

0.123

   Early pubertal

1.40

0.53-3.68

0.491

   Mid/late/post-pubertal

1

  

Parental education

   Low

1.43

0.58-3.52

0.430

   Medium

1.49

0.63-3.50

0.364

   High

1

  

Ethnicity

   Ethnic Norwegian

0.23

0.06-0.91

0.036

   Ethnic Minority

1

  

Males

Self-efficacy related to barriers to PA

   

   Low

6.83

3.22-14.45

< 0.001

   High

1

  

BMI status

   Overweight/obese

4.58

1.49-14.03

0.008

   Not overweight

1

  

Parental education

   Low

1.66

0.70-3.96

0.251

   Medium

1.03

0.43-2.45

0.943

   High

1

  

Living status

   Other

3.10

1.32-7.30

0.010

   Married or cohabitating Parents

   
  1. Variables entered in the final model of the multinomial logistic regression for both genders are shown
  2. Tracking low TST was treated as the outcome reference category