Table 3.
Results of multivariate regression analysis for prediction of sedentary behavior in preschool children
| Independent variables |
Sedentary Behavior (min/hr) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
In-school |
After-school |
Total-day |
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| β (SE) | F | P | β (SE) | F | P | β (SE) | F | P | |
| Intercept |
52.1 (3.12) |
- |
<.001 |
47.8 (4.59) |
- |
<.001 |
50.7 (2.72) |
- |
<.001 |
| School type (0 = Traditional, 1 = Montessori) |
−2.70 (1.22) |
4.80 |
.03 |
−1.83 (0.87) |
4.36 |
.04 |
−1.72 (0.64) |
6.90 |
.009 |
| Age |
−1.01 (0.44) |
5.19 |
.02 |
0.12 (0.69) |
0.03 |
.77 |
−0.45 (0.40) |
1.23 |
.26 |
| Gender 0 = girls, 1 = boys) |
−1.45 (0.41) |
12.7 |
<.001 |
−1.94 (0.63) |
9.40 |
.003 |
−1.47 (0.37) |
15.7 |
<.001 |
| Race (0 = White, 1 = African American) |
−1.23 (0.56) |
2.57 |
.03 |
0.90 (0.81) |
1.03 |
.27 |
−0.71 (0.49) |
1.19 |
0.15 |
| (0 = Other, 1 = White) |
0.17 (0.67) |
.80 |
1.06 (1.03) |
.30 |
0.04 (0.59) |
0.95 |
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| (0 = Other, 1 = African American) |
−1.06 (0.69) |
.12 |
0.16 (1.01) |
.87 |
−0.68 (0.62) |
0.27 |
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| BMI |
0.06 (0.11) |
0.29 |
.59 |
−0.07 (0.18) |
0.16 |
.69 |
−0.09 (0.10) |
0.87 |
.35 |
| Parent education (0 = ≤ College, 1 = > College) |
0.54 (0.61) |
0.77 |
.38 |
1.88 (0.93) |
2.87 |
.09 |
1.28 (0.54) |
5.50 |
.02 |
| Preschool setting (0 = Public, 1 = Private) |
−0.16 (1.24) |
0.02 |
.89 |
−2.10 (0.90) |
5.41 |
.03 |
−1.05 (0.53) |
3.83 |
.05 |
| After-school sports participation (0 = < 3 times/mth, 1 = ≥ 3 times/mth) |
−0.07 (0.20) |
0.13 |
.71 |
−0.20 (0.78) |
0.07 |
.89 |
−0.53 (0.46) |
1.32 |
.25 |
| R2 (MCCC), % | 0.48 | 0.22 | 0.34 | ||||||
MCCC, maximum cross-correlation coefficient [26].