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Table 5 Coefficient and 95% confidence interval for the association between physical activity and z-BMI

From: Association of diet in nurseries and physical activity with zBMI in 2–4-year olds in England: a cross-sectional study

 

n

Mean (SD)

zBMI UK 1990

zBMI IOTF

Crude

Adjusteda

Crude

Adjusteda

Counts per minuteb

114

567.30 (130.17)

0.07 (−0.07, 0.20)

0.13 (−0.01, 0.27)

0.07 (− 0.07, 0.20)

0.13 (− 0.02, 0.27)

Minutes spent in sedentaryc

114

494.75 (52.50)

−0.01 (− 0.04, 0.03)

−0.00 (− 0.04, 0.03)

−0.01 (− 0.04, 0.03)

−0.00 (− 0.04, 0.03)

Minutes spent in LPAc

114

121.32 (25.54)

0.05 (−0.02, 0.11)

0.08 (0.01, 0.15)

0.05 (−0.02, 0.11)

0.08 (0.01, 0.15)

Minutes spent in MVPAc

114

22.23 (9.32)

0.09 (−0.09, 0.28)

0.20 (− 0.01, 0.40)

0.09 (− 0.09, 0.27)

0.19 (− 0.01, 0.39)

Minutes spent in active timec

114

143.55 (32.43)

0.04 (−0.02, 0.09)

0.07 (0.01, 0.12)

0.04 (−0.02, 0.09)

0.06 (0.01, 0.12)

Proportion of time spent in sedentary

114

77.47 (4.89)

−0.02 (− 0.06, 0.02)

−0.04 (− 0.07, 0.00)

−0.02 (− 0.05, 0.02)

−0.03 (− 0.07, 0.00)

Proportion of time spent in LPA

114

19.02 (3.79)

0.03 (−0.02, 0.07)

0.04 (−0.00, 0.09)

0.03 (− 0.02, 0.07)

0.04 (− 0.01, 0.09)

Proportion of time spent in MVPA

114

3.50 (1.47)

0.05 (−0.07, 0.16)

0.10 (−0.03, 0.23)

0.05 (− 0.07, 0.16)

0.10 (− 0.03, 0.22)

Proportion of time spent in active time

114

22.52 (4.89)

0.02 (−0.02, 0.06)

0.04 (−0.00, 0.07)

0.02 (− 0.02, 0.05)

0.03 (− 0.00, 0.07)

  1. a Adjusted for age, ethnicity, parental education and cluster
  2. b zBMI for each 100 counts per minute increment
  3. c zBMI for each 10 min increment