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. 2012 Apr 3;9:39. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-39

Table 4.

Mother-child associations for high commuting, leisure-time sports or sedentary behaviors at baseline and follow-up1,2

 
Outcome: high activity/behavior in children for corresponding activity/behavior category
Maternal exposure Baseline Follow-up
Commuting
 
 
 Low activity
1.00
1.00
 High activity
2.72 (1.08, 6.87)
3.13 (1.37, 7.16)
Leisure-time sports
 
 
 Low activity
1.00
1.00
 High activity
3.61 (1.14, 11.41)
0.87 (0.26, 2.93)
Sedentary
 
 
 Low sedentary  behavior
*
1.00
 High sedentary  behavior * 0.58 (0.35, 0.97)

China Health and Nutrition Survey.1,2

*Sedentary behavior available at follow-up only for mothers.

P < 0.01, P < 0.05.

1Separate models for each outcome variable (child commuting, leisure-time sports, and sedentary).

2Odds Ratio (95% CI) controlled for child’s gender, child and maternal age, maternal education,residence, income, and cohort.