Physical environmental opportunities for active play and physical activity level in preschoolers: a multicriteria analysis

Table 2 Characterization of participants (n = 51) and correlation with the multicriteria index of physical environmental opportunities

Characteristics	N(%)	R	p value
Age Mean (min-max)	5 (3-5)	0.066^a	0.644
Shift		1.208^c	1.364
Integral	18 (34.60)
Evening	16 (30.80)
Morning	18 (34.60)
Sex		3.029^b	0.082
Male	28 (53.80)
Female	24 (46.20)
Maternal schooling		0.023 ^c	1.019
Fundamental	14 (21.20)
High school	20 (38.50)
University education	7 (13.50)
Economic Classification²		1.787 ^c	0.344
Class B	14 (26.90)
Class C	33 (63.40)
Class D and E	5 (2.80)
Quality of the school environment Score Mean(min–max)	2.57 (1.90-2.92)	− 0.050	0.730
Home Classification
High stimulation	10 (19.20)
Medium Stimulation	42 (78.80)
Classification Active or Insufficiently active (180 min at any intensity)		1.000^b	0.635
Active	49 (96.10)
Insufficiently active	2 (1.10)
Classification Level PA (WHO 2019)¹		8.241^b	0.004*
Ative	28 (54.90)
Insufficiently active	23 (45.10)
Sedentary time ³ minutes/day	393.991(±45.79)	−0.157 ^a	0.270
Light intensity³ minutes/day	189.34(±34.86)	0.177 ^a	0.215
Moderate intensity³ minutes/day	40.26(±10.34)	0.347 ^a	0.013*
Vigorous intensity³ minutes/day	20.09(±6.47)	0.362 ^a	0.009*
MVPA intensity³ minutes/day	60.37(±14.53)	0.408 ^a	0.003*
Light to vigorous sum³ minutes/day	249.70(±44.98)	0.269^a	0.056

¹ Classification Level PA (physical activity) 180 min/day at any intensity, with 60 min/day being (MVPA). ² Class B (higher economic class) to D-E (lower economic class). ³ Mean (minutes/day) and Standard Deviation values ^a Pearson’s correlation; ^b chi-squared test or fisher exact test. ^c T test for independent samples. * p < 0.05

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