Table 3.
Multilevel associations between parental-reported measures of sedentary behaviour and accelerometer-derived sedentary time in 2–9-year-old children from seven European countries taking part in the IDEFICS study, September 2007–June 2008
| Null model† | Full model TV‡ | Full model COMPUTER§ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n 5943) | (n 5877) | (n 5829) | ||||
| Parameter | σ 2 | se | σ 2 | se | σ 2 | se |
| Sedentary time (% of time/d) | ||||||
| Fixed part | ||||||
| β || | 0·05* | 1·28** | ||||
| se || | 0·02 | 0·22 | ||||
| Random part | ||||||
| Country level | 9·59 | 5·25 | 9·41 | 5·15 | 10·39 | 5·68 |
| School level | 6·60 | 0·83 | 6·55 | 0·83 | 6·59 | 0·84 |
| Child level | 49·71 | 0·94 | 49·62 | 0·95 | 49·23 | 0·94 |
IDEFICS, Identification and Prevention of Dietary and Lifestyle induced Health Effects in Children and Infants; TV, television viewing; COMPUTER, computer use; σ 2, variance; SES, socio-economic status.
*P=0·001; **P<0·001.
†
Only including the covariates (sex, age, SES).
‡
Null model+TV viewing as an explanatory variable.
§
Null model+computer use as an explanatory variable.
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Controlled for sex of the child, age and SES (as defined by the highest parental education of both parents).