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Table 3.

Associations of behavioural patterns with adiposity at 6–8 years

Method	Behaviour pattern groups (CA/LPA)/scores (PCA)^b	BMI z-score		Waist circumference
Method	Behaviour pattern groups (CA/LPA)/scores (PCA)^b	β (95% CI)	P-value	β (95% CI)	P-value
CA^a	Active healthy eaters pattern group vs unhealthy pattern group	−0.07 (−0.36, 0.22)	0.64	−0.08 (−0.39, 0.23)	0.61
	Active sleepers, non-sedentary, unhealthy eaters pattern group vs unhealthy pattern group	−0.12 (−0.34, 0.11)	0.30	−0.20 (−0.48, 0.08)	0.16
	Active healthy eaters pattern group vs active, sleepers, non-sedentary, unhealthy eaters pattern group	−0.05 (−0.25, 0.15)	0.63	−0.12 (−0.36, 0.12)	0.32
LPA^a	Active healthy eaters pattern group vs unhealthy pattern group	−0.05 (−0.28, 0.18)	0.70	0.00 (−0.24, 0.25)	0.97
	Active, non-sedentary, unhealthy eaters pattern group vs unhealthy pattern group	0.04 (−0.17, 0.25)	0.70	−0.00 (−0.24, 0.23)	0.97
	Active healthy eaters pattern group vs active non-sedentary, unhealthy eaters pattern group	0.09 (−0.15, 0.32)	0.47	−0.01 (−0.26, 0.24)	0.95
PCA^b	‘Mixed’ active, high sleep, non-sedentary, unhealthy eating pattern score	−0.01 (−0.08, 0.06)	0.73	−0.04 (−0.13, 0.05)	0.38
	‘Healthy’, active healthy eating pattern score	0.02 (−0.05, 0.09)	0.56	0.06 (−0.02, 0.13)	0.14
	‘Unhealthy’, low sleep, sedentary, high snacks pattern score	0.09 (0.02, 0.16)	0.015	0.07 (0.01, 0.14)	0.028
	‘Mixed’ inactive, sedentary, high sleep pattern score	−0.10 (−0.19, −0.02)	0.021	−0.03 (−0.13, 0.07)	0.53

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; CA, cluster analysis; LPA, latent profile analysis; PCA, principal component analysis.

Bold values indicate significant P-values.

Pairwise comparisons for patterns derived using CA and LPA.

Patterns identified by PCA comprise behavioural scores for all sample members, patterns from CA and LPA comprise groups of individuals.