Table 1.
Leisure activities and overweight risk among boys
| Leisure activity | Outset age | Partici pation | Total N | Outcome | % of overweight boys | Adj. ORa | 95% CI | Adj. ORab | 95% CI |
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| Sports | 11–12 | No | 589 | overweight at 14 y | 15 | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
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| Yes | 1550 | 8 | 0.63 | 0.41–0.98 | 0.51 | 0.30–0.88 | |||
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| Listening to music(daily) | 11–12 | No | 1121 | overweight at 17 y | 11 | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
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| Yes | 778 | 14 | 1.4 | 1.0–2.1 | 1.3 | 0.81–2.0 | |||
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| Musical instrument playing | 14 | No | 1469 | overweight at 17 y | 12 | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
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| Yes | 415 | 9 | 0.58 | 0.38–0.90 | 0.28 | 0.14–0.56 | |||
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| Arts | 14 | No | 1277 | overweight at 17 y | 10 | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
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| Yes | 609 | 16 | 1.5 | 1.0–2.3 | 1.6 | 0.97–2.6 | |||
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| Socializing at home | 14 | No | 734 | overweight at 17 y | 12 | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
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| Yes | 1120 | 12 | 1.8 | 1.2–2.7 | 1.8 | 1.1–3.0 | |||
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| Boys’ clubs or scouts | 14 | No | 1361 | overweight at 17 y | 13 | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
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| Yes | 509 | 9 | 0.66 | 0.43 – 1.0 | 0.51 | 0.29 – 0.90 | |||
a
Adjusted for BMI and pubertal development at the outset and parental education.
b
Only participants of normal weight at the outset were included in the analyses.