Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in children with overweight, obesity and morbid obesity: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 2 Results of the multiple linear regression analysis with PA levels and ST as the dependent variables and weight categories, age and sex as independent variables

	Overall p value between weight categories	OB vs OV B (95% CI) P	MO vs OV B (95% CI) P	MO vs OB B (95% CI) P	Sex (B vs G) B (95% CI) P	Age (per year) B (95% CI) P
Total PA, CPM	.022	−53 (− 134, 28) .195	65 (− 28, 158) .170	118 (34, 202) .006	132 (63,201) < .001	− 46 (− 57, − 35) < .001
ST, min/day	.057	2 (−40, 45) .917	−49 (− 98, 0) .050	−51 (− 95, − 7) .024	− 20 (− 56, 17) .287	18 (12, 23) < .001
ST % per day	.029	1 (− 1, 4) .385	−3 (− 6, 0) .095	−4 (− 7, − 1) .008	−3 (− 5, − 1) .016	2 (1, 2) < .001
LPA, min/day	.376	−9 (− 27, 10) .353	4 (− 17, 25) .702	13 (− 6, 32) .190	11 (− 5, 26) .164	−10 (− 12, − 7) < .001
LPA % per day	.044	−1 (− 3, 2) .604	2 (0, 5) .074	3 (1, 5) .014	2 (0, 3) .104	−1 (− 2, − 1) < .001
MVPA, min/day	.128	−5 (− 11, 1) .085	−1 (− 7, 7).980	5 (− 1, 11) .104	11 (6, 16) < .001	−1 (− 2, 0) .041
MVPA % per day	.062	−1 (− 1, 0) .125	0 (− 1, 1) .489	1 (0, 2) .026	1 (1, 2) < .001	0 (−0.2, − 0,04) .008
Wear-time min/day	.175	− 11 (− 54, 31) .599	−45 (− 94, 4) .073	−34 (− 78, 11) .140	2 (− 34, 39) .910	7 (1,13) .014

Abbreviations: B unstandardized regression coefficient (corrected effect), OB Obesity, OV Overweight, MO Morbid Obesity, B Boys, G Girls, PA Physical activity, CPM Counts Per Minute, ST Sedentary time, LPA Light physical activity, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Physical activity intensities are presented as mean minutes per day ± standard deviation or as percentages

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