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Table 3 Predictors for physical activity level during school outdoor stay (% of PA minutes)

From: A repeated measurement study investigating the impact of school outdoor environment upon physical activity across ages and seasons in Swedish second, fifth and eighth graders

Mixed model, Typ III tests of fixed effects, repeated for seasons, F-values (Standard error)

Moderate to vigorous PA

  

%

SE

Season

Intercept

46,43

(1.62)

 

Sept (n = 189)

(±) 0

 
 

March (n = 184)

(-) 10.99*

(1.48)

 

May (n = 180)

(-) 4.55*

(1.48)

School

   
 

City 3 (n = 59)

(±) 0

 
 

Hill 4 (n = 42)

(+) 1.82

(1.72)

 

Forest 2 (n = 51)

(+)10.76*

(1.62)

 

Art Grass 1 (n = 37)

(+)12.94*

(1.78)

Grade

   
 

2:nd (n = 75)

(±) 0

 
 

5:th (n = 88)

(-) 6.17*

(1.32)

 

8:th (n = 26)

(-) 4.97*

(1.93)

Gender

   
 

Girls (n = 88)

(±) 0

 
 

Boys (n = 101)

(+) 7.35*

(1.24)

  1. The factors influencing time spent in different physical activity levels during pupils’ outdoor stay time, four Swedish schools 2012–13, analyzed by Mixed model. The direction of each relation is indicated, positive (+) and negative (-). Significant level between groups set to *p < 0.001.