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Table 2 The associations between active school travel, BMI, and physical activity

From: School travel and children’s physical activity: a cross-sectional study examining the influence of distance

 

All (n = 785)

Boys (n = 357)

Girls (n = 428)

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

BMI

0.1109

-0.584,0.806

0.129

-0.659,0.916

0.003

-1.305,1.311

Total counts (counts/day)

      

Week

30945.5**

9670.8,52220.3

33590.0**

8368.2,58811.7

28479.3

-9498.9,66457.4

Weekdays

37064.8*

14968.4,59161.1

42212.8**

17847.8,66577.8

30978.6

-11562.1,73519.2

Weekend

17470.2

-12502.8,47443.3

14392.9

-23223.9,52009.8

22158.5

-27217.5,71534.4

Mean counts (counts/min)

      

Week

24.3

-2.8,51.5

38.8*

8.6,69.0

3.5

-48.9,55.9

Weekdays

30.7*

1.6,59.8

48.9**

18.9,78.9

4.7

-54.9,64.4

Weekend

11.6

-21.2,44.4

17.1

-24.6,58.9

2.2

-51.2,55.7

Moderate intensity activity (min)

      

Week

2.8***

1.2,4.4

2.8**

0.9,4.6

2.9

-0.03,6.0

Weekdays

3.6***

1.8,5.4

3.6***

1.7,5.5

3.9*

0.5,7.4

Weekend

0.9

-1.1,2.9

0.8

-1.5,3.18

0.9

-2.7,4.5

Vigorous intensity activity (min)

      

Week

0.1

-0.6,0.8

0.1

-0.8,0.8

0.3

-0.8,7.6

Weekdays

0.3

-0.5,1.1

0.2

-0.6, 1.0

0.6

-0.3,9.6

Weekend

-0.2

-1.1,0.7

-0.1

-1.3,1.1

-0.4

-4.3,5.2

MVPA (min)

      

Week

3.1**

0.8,5.3

3.1*

0.5,5.6

3.3

-1.0,1.7

Weekdays

4.1**

1.6,6.6

4.1**

1.5,6.7

4.6

-1.1,2.3

Weekend

0.7

-2.0,3.5

0.9

-2.5,4.3

0.5

-1.7,0.9

  1. Footnote: ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05. β, Exponentiated beta coefficients; CI, confidence interval; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The models were adjusted for age, neighbourhood type, distance to school, (and sex in models for whole sample).