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Table 2 Exploratory Spearman correlations (rho) between the obese parent-child dyads presented overall and by age group, gender and ethnicity of the child

From: Relationships of physical activity and sedentary time in obese parent-child dyads: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Age group

Gender

Ethnicity

  

7-8 y

9-10 y

Girls

Boys

Non-AA

AA

Weekdays

 Cts/min

0.165†

0.135

0.179

0.148

0.197

0.252†

0.091

 Sedentary (min)

0.163†

0.116

0.188

0.217†

0.083

0.271†

0.084

 MVPA (min)

0.192†

0.197

0.184

0.164

0.255†

0.225

0.153

Weekend Days

 Cts/min

0.352*

0.205

0.474*

0.340†

0.351†

0.302†

0.351†

 Sedentary (min)

0.348*

0.195

0.463*

0.326†

0.284

0.418†

0.203

 MVPA (min)

0.257†

0.269

0.243

0.157

0.344†

0.256

0.235

  1. AA African American, y years of age
  2. Cts/min accelerometry counts per minute, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
  3. †p < 0.05
  4. *p < 0.001