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Table 3 Linear regression of children’s MVPA predicted by parental MVPA

From: Associations between objectively assessed child and parental physical activity: a cross-sectional study of families with 5–6 year old children

 

All children

Sons

Daughters

 
 

N

Beta [95%CI]$

N

Beta [95%CI]$

N

Beta [95%CI]$

P for heterogeneity*

Father: Model 1

423

0.09 [−0.01 to 0.19]

227

0.10 [−0.02 to 0.22]

196

0.07 [−0.04 to 0.19]

0.757

Father: Model 2

423

0.09 [−0.01 to 0.18]

227

0.09 [−0.03 to 0.21]

196

0.07 [−0.04 to 0.18]

0.764

Mother: Model 1

651

0.09 [0.03 to 0.17]

337

0.06 [−0.06 to 0.18]

314

0.15 [0.07 to 0.24]

0.188

Mother: Model 2

651

0.10 [0.02 to 0.17]

337

0.05 [−0.07 to 0.17]

314

0.16 [0.07 to 0.25]

0.173

  1. $Beta coefficient for child MVPA minutes per minute of parent MVPA.
  2. *Testing that associations are different between time spent in MVPA by daughters and by sons; tested by adding an interaction term (parent MVPA*child gender) into the regression model.
  3. Model 1: Unadjusted association.
  4. Model 2: Adjusted for parent’s age, parent’s BMI, and household IMD.