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Table 6 After-school multilevel analysis of MPA and VPA

From: School day segmented physical activity patterns of high and low active children

 

MPA β (SE)

VPA β (SE)

Constant

13.2 (15.1)

4,1 (10.3)

Physical activity groupa

4.5 (0.6)‡

3.8 (0.4)‡

% variance explained

22.9

28.1

Child level variables

  

Sexb

0.3 (1.4)

0.1 (1.0)

Age

−0.9 (1.0)

−0.3 (0.8)

BMI z-score

−0.04 (0.3)

−0.4 (0.2)†

Maturity offset (years from APHV)

0.1 (0.7)

0.02 (0.5)

IMD

0.04 (0.03)

0.04 (0.02)

% variance explained

11.1

21.9

School level variables

  

Duration (min)

0.02 (0.1)

0.02 (0.04)

No. enrolled students

0.01 (0.004)

0.001 (0.002)

Playground area (m2 student-1)

−0.07 (0.3)

−0.1 (0.2)

Average temperature (°C)

0.1 (0.2)

0.05 (0.1)

No. days rainfall

0.5 (0.6)

0.2 (0.4)

% variance explained

3.4

1.1

Overall model

  

% Total variance explained

33.0

43.4

School level variance

1.0 (0.8)

0.1 (0.2)

Child level variance

15.7 (1.5)

8.6 (0.8)

Total variance

16.7

8.7

Deviance

1227.0

1091.1

ICC

0.06

0.01

  1. aFor Physical activity group the reference category is LOW. bFor Sex the reference category is girls. β (SE)
  2. values rounded to 1 decimal place for presentation purposes.
  3. †P < .05.
  4. ‡P < .001.