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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis: odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for meeting the daily step count recommendations in non-overweight and overweight/obese children, separately for the mother-child and father-child pairs included in the model

From: Health-related parental indicators and their association with healthy weight and overweight/obese children’s physical activity

 

Meeting daily step count recommendation

11,500 SC/day for preschoolers and 13,000/11000 SC/day for school-aged boys/girls

Families with non-overweight children

Families with overweight/obese children

%a

OR

95% CI

%a

OR

95% CI

%a

OR

95% CI

%a

OR

95% CI

Parent

Mother in the model (n = 582)

Father in the model (n = 357)

Mother in the model (n = 125)

Father in the model (n = 98)

 Step counts

   < 10,000 steps/day

38.7

Ref.

 

43.8

Ref.

 

27.6

Ref.

 

33.3

Ref.

 

   ≥ 10,000 steps/day

67.1

3.50***

2.29–5.34

68.0

2.41**

1.37–4.26

47.6

2.98*

1.16–7.65

57.8

1.29

0.42–3.91

 Screen time

   < 2 h per day

53.2

Ref.

 

59.2

Ref.

 

45.8

Ref.

 

48.1

Ref.

 

   ≥ 2 h per day

50.8

0.98

0.59–1.65

52.7

0.99

0.56–1.78

15.8

0.14**

0.03–0.59

37.5

0.38

0.10–1.34

 Weight status

  Normal weight

52.9

Ref.

 

65.1

Ref.

 

32.9

Ref.

 

58.1

Ref.

 

  Overweight/obesity

49.2

1.02

0.62–1.66

50.0

0.50*

0.28–0.89

35.5

1.09

0.43–2.77

37.0

0.42

0.13–1.34

 Organized PA

  No

49.7

Ref.

 

54.9

Ref.

 

35.8

Ref.

 

51.6

Ref.

 

  Yes (≥1× per week)

56.0

1.10

0.71–1.71

56.1

0.62

0.34–1.12

34.1

0.53

0.17–1.62

39.3

0.46

0.13–1.65

Children

 Gender

  Boys

48.2

Ref.

 

52.3

Ref.

 

29.8

Ref.

 

35.6

Ref.

 

  Girls

54.2

1.16

0.77–1.77

57.8

0.86

0.50–1.50

41.9

3.17*

1.22–8.26

53.1

3.82*

1.05–13.91

 School grade

  Preschool

55.1

Ref.

 

61.1

Ref.

 

42.9

Ref.

 

66.7

Ref.

 

  1st-3rd grade

48.4

0.80

0.46–1.41

52.7

0.60

0.29–1.24

33.8

0.23

0.05–1.16

38.3

0.31

0.06–1.68

  4th–5th grade

51.7

0.95

0.58–1.56

53.4

0.72

0.38–1.37

33.1

0.32

0.07–1.42

41.3

0.70

0.13–3.72

 Entertainment ST

  Non-excessive

55.2

Ref.

 

58.4

Ref.

 

44.3

Ref.

 

47.7

Ref.

 

  Excessive

46.6

0.75

0.45–1.23

48.6

0.55

0.29–1.05

24.4

0.29

0.07–1.17

37.9

0.80

0.22–2.85

 Organized PA

  No

41.8

Ref.

 

43.4

Ref.

 

27.9

Ref.

 

45.2

Ref.

 

  Yes (≥1× per week)

57.6

1.80*

1.13–2.87

61.5

2.85***

1.54–5.27

41.7

2.37

0.88–6.40

50.0

1.99

0.64–6.22

Nagelkerke R2

 

0.15***

  

0.17***

  

0.37***

  

0.27***

 
  1. The models were adjusted for age category and gender of children
  2. Organized PA – structured/organized leisure-time physical activity (e.g. sports training) does not include lessons of physical education during school/kindergarten time
  3. Entertainment ST – sitting/lying while watching TV and sitting/lying in front of a PC (notebook, tablet, or smartphone) and not for school/work purposes (Excessive – more than 1 h/day for preschool children and more than 2 h/day for school-aged children; Non-excessive – less than the excessive amount)
  4. %a proportion of children (daughters, sons) who met the pedometer-based recommendation for daily step counts (a value of 11,500 steps/day for preschool children and a value of 13,000 steps/day for school-aged boys and 11,000 steps/day for school-aged girls) in the given area
  5. OR odds ratio, 95% CI confidence interval, Ref. reference group, R2 Nagelkerke coefficient of determination, logistic model, Enter method
  6. The statistical significance is expressed as *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
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