TABLE 2.
Summary of Objectively Measured Activity Outcomes, by Child-Reported Pet Ownership, Comparing Non–Dog Owners With Dog Owners: Child Heart and Health Study in England, February 2006–February 2007
| Non–Dog Owners (n = 1606), Mean (95% CI) | Dog Owners (n = 178), Mean (95% CI) | Mean Difference (95% CI) | P (Difference) | |
| Time, min, spent sedentary | 573 (566, 580) | 562 (546, 578) | −11 (−27, 5) | .17 |
| Time, min, spent in light physical activity | 176 (172, 180) | 181 (175, 187) | 5 (0, 10) | .04 |
| Time, min, spent in moderate physical activity | 47 (45, 48) | 48 (46, 50) | 1 (−1, 3) | .18 |
| Time, min, spent in vigorous physical activity | 22 (21, 23) | 24 (22, 25) | 2 (0, 3) | .04 |
| Time, min, spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity | 69 (66, 71) | 72 (68, 75) | 3 (0, 6) | .06 |
| Counts | 394 257 (387 611, 400 903) | 412 490 (397 264, 427 716) | 18 233 (2 969, 33 497) | .02 |
| Counts/min | 486 (478, 495) | 511 (492, 530) | 25 (6, 44) | .01 |
| Steps | 9 798 (9 642, 9 953) | 10 155 (9 809, 10 501) | 357 (14, 701) | .04 |
Note. CI = confidence interval. Analyses are adjusted for gender, age (in quartiles), ethnicity, socioeconomic position, day order of recording, day of the week, month of the year, and clustering effect of school. Socioeconomic status was available for 1784 children.