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. 2012 Jun 6;12:406. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-406

Table 5.

Recess and lunchtime multilevel analysis of MPA and VPA

  Recess Lunchtime
 
MPA β (SE)
VPA β (SE)
MPA β (SE)
VPA β (SE)
Constant
−1.4 (4.7)
−1.6 (4.1)
−1.6 (7.0)
−2.2 (6.7)
Physical activity groupa
0.3 (0.2)
0.2 (0.2)
0.8 (0.3)††
0.8 (0.2)††
% variance explained
1.1
1.6
9.7
10.8
Child level variables
 
 
 
 
Sexb
1.4 (0.5)††
0.9 (0.5)
0.4 (0.6)
0.9 (0.6)
Age
0.1 (0.4)
0.2 (0.3)
−0.02 (0.5)
−0.04 (0.4)
BMI z-score
−0.1 (0.1)
−0.2 (0.1)†
0.1 (0.1)
−0.1 (0.1)
Maturity offset (years from APHV)
0.5 (0.3)
0.3 (0.2)
−0.1 (0.3)
0.2 (0.3)
IMD
0.0001 (0.01)
−0.01 (0.01)
0.01 (0.01)
−0.0001 (0.01)
% variance explained
8.9
4.0
0.7
1.5
School level variables
 
 
 
 
Duration (min)
0.1 (0.1)
0.05 (0.04)
0.1 (0.1)
0.1 (0.1)
No. enrolled students
0.004 (0.002)†
0.002 (0.002)
−0.002 (0.003)
−0.002 (0.003)
Playground area (m2·student-1)
0.3 (0.2)
0.3 (0.2)
0.5 (0.2)†
0.3 (0.2)
Average temperature (°C)
−0.2 (0.1)††
−0.2 (0.1)‡
0.05 (0.1)
−0.03 (0.1)
No. days rainfall
−0.1 (0.2)
−0.2 (0.2)
−0.1 (0.3)
−0.3 (0.3)
% variance explained
20.1
13.0
18.9
17.1
Overall model
 
 
 
 
% Total variance explained
26.5
18.3
28.5
26.5
School level variance
0.5 (0.3)
0.3 (0.2)
0.7 (0.4)
0.7 (0.4)
Child level variance
2.2 (0.2)
1.7 (0.2)
3.2 90.3)
2.8 (0.3)
Total variance
2.7
2.0
3.9
3.5
Deviance
808.3
756.3
889.5
862.4
ICC 0.19 0.16 0.18 0.21

aFor Physical activity group the reference category is LOW. bFor Sex the reference category is girls. β (SE)

values rounded to 1 decimal place for presentation purposes.

P < .05.

††P < .01‡P < .001.