Prevalence and correlates of achieving recommended physical activity levels among children living in rural South Asia—A multi-centre study

Table 5 Associations between physical activity levels and waist z-scores in rural South Asian children aged 5–14 years

Type of physical activity	Age and sex adjusted^a β-coefficient (95 % CI)	Multivariate-adjusted^b β-coefficient (95 % CI)
Mode of travel
Motorized transport	0.00 (ref)	0.00 (ref)
Active transport	−0.7 (−1.6, 0.2)	−0.4 (−1.5, 0.6)
p-value	0.15	0.37
Leisure-time physical activity
< 1 h/day	0.00 (ref)	0.00 (ref)
≥ 1 h/day	0.2 (−0.8, 1.2)	−0.1 (−1.2, 1.1)
p-value	0.70	0.86
Sedentary activity
> 2 h/day	0.00 (ref)	0.00 (ref)
≤ 2 h/day	−0.5 (−1.4, 0.4)	−1.1 (−2.2, −0.07)
p-value	0.28	0.03

^aThe outcome waist-z- score is adjusted for age and sex
^bAdjusted for site, SES (tertiles), Highest household education in categories, processed food consumption as binary, fruit-vegetable consumption as binary, leisure-time physical activity as binary (for mode of travel and sedentary activity), active mode of travel as binary (for leisure-time physical activity and sedentary activity) and sedentary activity as binary (for leisure-time physical activity and active mode of travel)

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