Novel patterns of physical activity in a large sample of preschool-aged children

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Linear associations of child gender and age with time spent in each PA pattern category

PA pattern category (MVPA %)	Gender coefficient^a	Gender p value	95% CI		Age coefficient	Age p value	95% CI
Isolated spurt % (MN)^b	3.02	< 0.001	2.09	3.96	−1.32	< 0.001*	−2.03	−0.60
Isolated spurt % (VU)^b	2.44	< 0.001	1.51	3.36	−0.07	0.8	−0.59	0.45
Isolated sustained activity % (pooled)	−0.11	0.1	−0.25	0.04	0.18	< 0.001*	0.10	0.26
Clustered spurt % (pooled)	2.38	< 0.001	1.52	3.24	−1.34	< 0.001*	− 1.81	−0.88
Clustered sustained activity % (pooled)	−5.01	< 0.001	−6.02	−4.01	1.54	< 0.001*	1.00	2.09

*Represents statistically significant P values that are < 0.05
^aRepresents estimated change from male to female; Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
^bIsolated spurt results are reported separately by study location because of a significant study location-by-age interaction effect (B = 1.25, p = 0.006)

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