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Table 3 Association between children’s and parental log-transformed minutes spent in MVPA (from linear regression models)

From: Objectively measured physical activity in population-representative parent-child pairs: parental modelling matters and is context-specific

 

Mother:

Father:

 

Total minutes spent in MVPAc Coeff. (95%CI)a

p-value for heterogenerityb

Total minutes spent in MVPAc Coeff. (95%CI) a

p-value for heterogenerityb

All

0.12 (0.8; 0.15)***

 

0.09 (− 0.04; 0.15)***

 

Age child

 

0.04

 

0.31

 6–9 years

0.06 (0.01; 010)*

 

0.04 (− 0.02; 0.18)

 

 10–12 years

0.15 (0.09; 0.21)***

 

0.12 (0.01; 0.23)*

 

 13–16 years

0.12 (0.04; 0.20) **

 

0.13 (− 0.01; 0.26)

 

Sex

 

0.89

 

0.14

 Boys

0.11 (0.06; 0.16)***

 

0.13 (0.06; 0.21)**

 

 Girls

0.12 (0.07; 0.17)***

 

0.05 (− 0.03; 0.13)

 

Overweight child

 

0.70

 

0.96

 No

0.11 (0.07; 0,15)***

 

0.05 (−0.05; 0.14)

 

 Yes

0.13 (0.01; 0.23)*

 

0.06 (−0.15; 0.28)

 

Family characteristics

 Nationality

 

0.32

 

0.34

  Swiss

0.12 (0.08; 0.16)***

 

0.08 (0.01; 0.14)*

 

  Double citizen

0.13 (0.04; 0.23)**

 

0.12 (−0.05; 0.29)

 

  Non-Swiss

0.06 (−0.05; 0.17)

 

0.24 (0.01; 0.48)*

 

 Education

 

0.13

 

0.15

  Low

0.34 (0.09; 0.58)*

 

Less than 10 pairs of father-child measures

 

  Medium

0.11 (0.07; 0.16)***

 

0.07 (−0.00; 0.14)

 

  High

0.12 (0.07; 0.17)***

 

0.15 (0.06; 0.24)**

 

 Workload participating parent

 

0.40

 

0.98

   < 50%

0.10 (0.06; 0.14)***

 

0.11 (−0.07; 0.29)

 

  51–75%

0.17 (0.07; 0.27)***

 

0.09 (−0.37; 0.54)

 

   > 75%

0.13 (0.04; 0.22)**

 

0.09 (0.03; 0.15)**

 

 Age parent

 

0.01

 

0.14

   ≤ 40 years

0.05 (−0.01; 0.11)

 

0.05 (−0.07; 0.17)

 

  41–50 years

0.13 (0.09; 0.17)***

 

0.08 (0.01; 0.16)*

 

   ≥ 51 years

0.29 (0.10; 0.48)**

 

0.23 (0.08; 0.37)**

 

 Parent-child relationship score

 

0.46

 

0.78

  Lowest tertile

0.15 (0.08; 0.21)***

 

0.08 (−0.01; 0.17)

 

  Medium tertile

0.10 (0.05; 0.15)***

 

0.06 (−0.03; 0.15)

 

  Highest tertile

0.09 (0.03; 0.15)*

 

0.12 (−0.02; 0.26)

 

 siblings

 

0.49

 

0.19

  0

0.18 (0.09; 0.26)***

 

0.09 (−0.05; 0.22)

 

  1

0.12 (0.07; 0.17)***

 

0.05 (−0.03; 0.13)

 

  2 and more

0.09 (0.02; 016)**

 

0.14 (0.04; 0.24)**

 

 Overweight parent

 

0.48

 

0.21

  No

0.12 (0.08; 0.16)***

 

0.14 (0.05; 0.23)**

 

  Yes

0.10 (0.03; 0.16)**

 

0.07 (−0.01; 0.14)

 

 Parental co-activity

 

0.07

 

0.22

  No regular coactivity

0.11 (0.07; 0.14)***

 

0.08 (0.02; 0.14)**

 

  Once a week or more

0.18 (0.11; 0.26)***

 

0.17 (0.04; 0.30)**

 

Role model

 Sport participation parent

 

0.52

 

0.54

  Never/seldom

0.13 (0.06; 0.20)***

 

0.07 (− 0.03; 0.16)

 

  At least once a week

0.08 (0.01; 0.14)*

 

0.15 (0.02; 0.28)*

 

  Several times a week

0.10 (0.04; 0 l17)**

 

0.07 (−0.02; 0.16)

 

 Bike for transport in target week

 

0.93

 

0.35

  No

0.12 (0.07; 0.16)***

 

0.08 (0.00; 0.15)*

 

  Yes

0.12 (0.06; 0.18)***

 

0.13 (0.04; 0.22)**

 

Environment

 Walkability

 

0.86

 

0.42

  Low

0.10 (0.05; 0.16)***

 

0.08 (−0.01; 0.17)

 

  Medium

0.13 (0.06; 0.19)***

 

0.15 (0.04; 0.27)**

 

  High

0.12 (0.06; 0.18)***

 

0.05 (−0.05; 0.15)

 

 Urbanity

 

0.79

 

0.85

  Rural area

0.13 (0.08; 0.19)***

 

0.08 (−0.02; 0.17)

 

  Agglomeration

0.11 (0.06; 0.16)***

 

0.11 (0.03; 0.20)**

 

  Urban area

0.11 (0.02; 0.20)**

 

0.09 (−0.03; 0.22)

 

 Language region

 

0.58

 

0.00

  German

0.11 (0.07; 0.15)***

 

0.08 (0.02; 0.14)**

 

  French

0.13 (0.06; 0.20)***

 

0.05 (−0.07; 0.17)

 

  Italian

0.25 (−0.09; 0.59)

 

0.64 (0.00; 1.28)*

 
  1. * < 0.05 ** < 0.01 *** < 0.001;
  2. aAdjusted for age, age2 and sex of the child, season accelerometer type and accelerometer time
  3. bDifferences in effect estimates across strata were assessed by a chi2-test for heterogeneity. The presence of significant heterogeneity was interpreted as indicating moderation
  4. cMVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity
  5. Each coefficient represents the association between a parent’s and their child’s physical activity (within strata)
  6. Missing’s were substituted by an own category but not presented in the table
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