Table 3.

Partial correlation coefficients of time spent in sedentary behaviors and moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity and body fat mass. Cross-sectional analysis.

	Boys				Girls
	Age 8	Age 11	Age 13	Age 15	Age 8	Age 11	Age 13	Age 15
	n=243	n=219	n=199	n=133	n=252	n=233	n=202	n=134
Log body fat mass (kg)
Breaks in sedentary time (times/day)	−0.17**	−0.13*	−0.12	0.01	−0.05	−0.07	−0.00	−0.02
Sedentary time (hrs/day)	0.20**	0.10	0.04	−0.10	0.08	0.05	−0.01	−0.08
Log MVPA time (min/day)	−0.35**	−0.25**	−0.20**	−0.21*	−0.32**	0.17**	−0.18*	−0.13

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.

MVPA time, time spent in moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity.

Pearson correlation coefficients with log-transformed body fat mass (kg) were obtained after controlling for height effect.