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Table 3 Associations of the number of guidelines met with BMI and waist circumference

From: Compliance with the 24-h movement guidelines and the relationship with anthropometry in Finnish preschoolers: the DAGIS study

 

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI) difference between groups

Meeting 0a or 1b guideline

Meeting 2c guidelines

Meeting 3d guidelines

2–1

3–1

3–2

Overall

 BMI

16.1 (15.9 to 16.3)

15.7 (15.6 to 15.8)

15.7 (15.5 to 15.9)

−0.39 (− 0.63 to − 0.15), p = 0.002

−0.38 (− 0.66 to − 0.10), p = 0.008

0.01 (− 0.24 to 0.26), p = 0.94

 Waist circumference

54.5 (53.7 to 55.2)

53.2 (52.8 to 53.6)

53.5 (53.0 to 54.0)

−1.19 (− 1.73 to − 0.63), p < 0.001

−1.73 (− 1.68 to − 0.38), p = 0.002

0.16 (−0.41 to 0.73), p = 0.58

Weekdays

 BMI

15.9 (15.7 to 16.2)

15.8 (15.7 to 16.0)

15.7 (15.6 to 15.9)

−0.11 (− 0.37 to 0.15), p = 0.42

−0.20 (− 0.47 to 0.08), p = 0.16

−0.09 (− 0.32 to 0.15), p = 0.46

 Waist circumference

54.0 (53.2 to 54.7)

53.5 (53.0 to 53.9)

53.6 (53.3 to 54.0)

−0.53 (−1.13 to 0.07), p = 0.082

− 0.63 (− 1.26 to 0.00), p = 0.05

−0.10 (− 0.63 to 0.44), p = 0.72

Weekend days

 BMI

15.9 (15.7 to 16.0)

15.8 (15.7 to 16.0)

15.7 (15.5 to 15.9)

−0.02 (− 0.24 to 0.21), p = 0.89

−0.17 (− 0.47 to 0.14), p = 0.29

−0.15 (− 0.44 to 0.14), p = 0.31

 Waist circumference

53.9 (53.3 to 54.5)

53.7 (53.3 to 54.1)

53.0 (52.4 to 53.6)

−0.35 (− 0.88 to 0.18), p = 0.19

−0.67 (− 1.39 to 0.05), p = 0.069

−0.32 (− 0.99 to 0.36), p = 0.36

  1. Linear regression models were adjusted for age, gender, season, and socioeconomic status (statistically significant values are bolded)
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, CI Confidence interval
  3. aOverall N = 14, Weekdays N = 14, Weekend days N = 28
  4. bOverall N = 173, Weekdays N = 149, Weekend days N = 212
  5. cOverall N = 364, Weekdays N = 324, Weekend days N = 401
  6. dOverall N = 170, Weekdays N = 240, Weekend days N = 118