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

Table 6.

After-school multilevel analysis of MPA and VPA

  MPA β (SE) VPA β (SE)
Constant
13.2 (15.1)
4,1 (10.3)
Physical activity groupa
4.5 (0.6)‡
3.8 (0.4)‡
% variance explained
22.9
28.1
Child level variables
 
 
Sexb
0.3 (1.4)
0.1 (1.0)
Age
−0.9 (1.0)
−0.3 (0.8)
BMI z-score
−0.04 (0.3)
−0.4 (0.2)†
Maturity offset (years from APHV)
0.1 (0.7)
0.02 (0.5)
IMD
0.04 (0.03)
0.04 (0.02)
% variance explained
11.1
21.9
School level variables
 
 
Duration (min)
0.02 (0.1)
0.02 (0.04)
No. enrolled students
0.01 (0.004)
0.001 (0.002)
Playground area (m2 student-1)
−0.07 (0.3)
−0.1 (0.2)
Average temperature (°C)
0.1 (0.2)
0.05 (0.1)
No. days rainfall
0.5 (0.6)
0.2 (0.4)
% variance explained
3.4
1.1
Overall model
 
 
% Total variance explained
33.0
43.4
School level variance
1.0 (0.8)
0.1 (0.2)
Child level variance
15.7 (1.5)
8.6 (0.8)
Total variance
16.7
8.7
Deviance
1227.0
1091.1
ICC 0.06 0.01

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 < .001.