Long-term effects of comprehensive school health on health-related knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, health behaviours and weight status of adolescents

Table 2 Cross-sectional comparison of APPLE School graduates and comparison school graduates on knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, diet, physical activity and weight status

Variable	(coefficient and 95% CI)^a
Knowledge^b	−0.15 (− 0.39, 0.09)
Attitude^b	− 0.16 (− 0.42, 0.09)
Self-efficacy for healthy eating^b	− 0.15 (− 0.39, 0.08)
Self-efficacy for physical activity^b	0.14 (− 0.10, 0.39)
Dietary outcomes
Dietary energy intake (kcal/d)	−75.88 (− 316.65, 164.89)
Physical activity
Typical week, steps/d	−149 (− 865, 567)
School days, steps/d	−303 (− 1113, 508)
Non-school days, steps/d	−76 (−1177, 1026)
School hours, steps/h	−9 (−66, 48)
Non-school hours, steps/h	−16 (−79, 48)
Weight status	(odds ratio and 95% CI)^a
Overweight	1.25 (0.76, 2.08)
Obesity	0.99 (0.53, 1.85)

^aModel adjusted for gender, age, parental educational attainment, household income and geographic location
^bUsed factor scores from the confirmatory factor analyses
Negative values of β and OR values below 1 indicate lower values among APPLE schools graduates relative to comparison schools

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