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Table 2 Linear mixed effect model of factor associated with academic performance (stratified by outdoor time)

From: Time outdoors positively associates with academic performance: a school-based study with objective monitoring of outdoor time

Variables

Total population

Outdoor time ≤ 2.3 h/day

Outdoor time > 2.3 h/day

β (95%CI)

P

β (95%CI)

P

β (95%CI)

P

Outdoor time, hrs/day

6.494(4.148 ~ 8.840)

 < 0.001

10.126(6.308 ~ 13.945)

 < 0.001

1.022(-5.702 ~ 7.745)

0.766

Sleeping time, hrs/day

5.865(3.873 ~ 7.856)

 < 0.001

5.690(3.430 ~ 7.949)

 < 0.001

6.460(2.266 ~ 10.653)

0.003

Learning time out of school, hrs/day

-1.800(-2.700 ~ -0.900)

 < 0.001

-1.375(-2.418 ~ -0.333)

0.010

-2.803(-4.603 ~ -1.003)

0.002

Gender, girls/boys

3.445(1.543 ~ 5.348)

 < 0.001

3.289(1.078 ~ 5.500)

0.004

4.527(0.770 ~ 8.283)

0.018

Age

2.540(0.945 ~ 4.135)

0.002

2.509(0.649 ~ 4.369)

0.008

3.125(-0.022 ~ 6.273)

0.052

Father education

 Junior high school and below

 

 

 

 High school or vocational school

3.645(0.722 ~ 6.567)

0.015

3.407(-0.167 ~ 6.980)

0.062

4.036(-1.094 ~ 9.165)

0.123

 Undergraduate or junior college

7.847(4.329 ~ 11.365)

 < 0.001

8.343(4.180 ~ 12.506)

 < 0.001

5.240(-1.468 ~ 11.949)

0.126

 Master degree or above

9.122(2.003 ~ 16.241)

0.012

8.582(0.623 ~ 16.542)

0.035

6.938(-9.973 ~ 23.849)

0.421

Mother education

 Junior high school and below

 

 

 

 High school or vocational school

1.376(-1.510 ~ 4.261)

0.350

1.742(-1.729 ~ 5.213)

0.325

0.874(-4.383 ~ 6.131)

0.744

 Undergraduate or junior college

5.932(2.525 ~ 9.338)

0.001

6.644(2.650 ~ 10.637)

0.001

-2.538(-24.239 ~ 19.164)

0.819

 Master degree or above

9.776(0.614 ~ 18.937)

0.037

12.407(2.227 ~ 22.586)

0.017

2.987(-3.551 ~ 9.524)

0.37

Family income (RMB/month)

  <  = 6000

 

 

 

 6000–10,000

1.596(-0.909 ~ 4.100)

0.212

2.729(-0.264 ~ 5.723)

0.074

-0.633(-5.256 ~ 3.990)

0.788

 10,000–20,000

4.359(1.544 ~ 7.175)

0.002*

4.935(1.626 ~ 8.244)

0.004*

4.037(-1.425 ~ 9.500)

0.147

  > 20,000

3.987(0.385 ~ 7.590)

0.030*

4.830(0.760 ~ 8.900)

0.020*

2.051(-5.921 ~ 10.024)

0.614

  1. No interaction was found between outdoor time and other possible factors: gender, P = 0.923; father education, P = 0.377; mother education, P = 0.178