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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2006 Dec 6;44(2):153–159. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.10.001

Table 5.

Growth curve models of total METs using full maximum-likelihood estimation for girls from South Carolina (1998–2003)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Predictors Unconditional Race Family Support Perceived Behavioral Control Self-efficacy Attitude Sport Equipment Final Model
Fixed Effects
Intercept 63.1**** (0.4) 66.0**** (0.7) 58.6**** (0.7) 52.0**** (1.8) 52.5**** (1.7) 56.1**** (1.9) 60.4**** (1.2) 52.4**** (2.1)
Race −5.1**** (0.9) −4.3**** (0.8)
Family support 2.4**** (0.3) 1.8**** (0.3)
Perceived Behavioral Control 2.7**** (0.4) 1.5*** (0.5)
Self-Efficacy 2.8**** (0.4) 1.0** (0.5)
Attitude 0.39*** (0.1)
Sport Equipment 0.61** (0.3)
Rate of Change
Intercept −0.37** (0.16) −0.94*** (0.3) −.02 (0.2) −.26 (0.2) −0.34** (0.2) −0.37** (0.2) −0.29* (0.2) −.59** (0.3)
Race 0.98*** (0.3) 1.0*** (0.3)
Variance Components (Random effects) Level 1
Within person 62.7**** (4.3) 62.7**** (4.3) 63.9**** (4.4) 63.2**** (4.4) 63.8**** (4.4) 62.5**** (4.3) 63.5**** (4.4) 63.8**** (4.4)
Level 2
In initial status 41.7**** (6.4) 35.4**** (6.0) 33.7**** (6.0) 36.4**** (6.1) 33.5**** (6.0) 40.5**** (6.3) 39.7**** (6.4) 25.9*** (5.5)
In rate of change 3.9**** (0.9) 3.7**** (0.9) 3.4**** (0.9) 4.0**** (0.9) 3.8**** (0.9) 3.9**** (0.9) 4.0**** (0.9) 3.2**** (0.9)
Covariance −4.4** (1.9) −3.2* (1.8) −3.4* (1.8) −4.7** (1.9) −3.7** (1.8) −4.4** (1.9) −4.4** (1.9) −2.4 (1.7)
Deviance 9426.4 9392.9 9309.2 9332.8 9351.5 9371.7 9352.4 9253.8
AIC 9438.4 9408.9 9323.2 9345.8 9365.5 9385.7 9366.4 9275.8
BIC 9462.7 9441.2 9351.5 9374.1 9393.8 9413.9 9394.7 9320.2

Notes: Coefficients with standard errors in parentheses

*

p<.10

**

p<.05

***

p<.001

****

p<.001