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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Dec 9;22(3):772–780. doi: 10.1002/oby.20536

Table 4.

Models Predicting BMI Percentile and Body Fat

Calories as Reported on the YAQ Calories Inflated by 34% for Girls
with BMI% > 85%
BMI Percentile Percent Body Fat BMI Percentile Percent Body Fat
Beta SE Beta SE Beta SE Beta SE
Intercept 116.83 38.45 51.20 11.38 73.87 38.78 38.58 11.22
Age −0.054 0.05 −0.07 0.018*** −0.07 0.05 −0.08 0.02***
White −7.20 3.74* −2.63 1.14* −8.96 3.62** −3.15 1.09**
Min/day of accel. wear-time −0.071 0.05 −0.04 0.016* −0.03 0.05 −0.02 0.02
Cross-sectional
Total calories −0.01 0.01 −0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00*** 0.01 0.00***
Snack (junk) calories −0.02 0.01* −0.01 0.00 a −0.03 0.01*** −0.01 0.00**
Fruit and vegetable servings 1.56 1.17 0.23 0.35 −2.64 1.14* −0.96 0.33**
# trips to food outlets 0.83 0.85 0.38 0.25 0.54 0.85 0.29 0.24
# trips where SOFAS consumed −1.12 0.72 −0.22 0.21 −1.69 0.72* −0.38 0.21 a
Sedentary PA (minutes/day) 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.01
Moderate PA (minutes/day)– 0.74 0.27** 0.26 0.08** 0.84 0.26** −0.28 0.08***
Vigorous PA (minutes/day) 0.01 0.51 −0.13 0.15 0.18 .51 −.17 0.15
Takes Physical education 8.98 5.26 2.81 1.55 a 9.39 5.24 a .87 0.51 a
Prospective (Change over time)
Total calories 0.004 0.002** 0.001 0.00 a 0.002 0.00 0.00 0.001
Snack (junk) calories −0.007 0.003* −0.003 0.00* −0.01 0.00* −0.00 0.00 a
Fruit and vegetable servings 0.03 0.40 −0.16 0.16 0.42 0.40 0.06 0.15
# trips to food outlets −0.38 0.18* −0.01 0.07 −0.37 0.19* −.00 0.07
# trips where SOFAS consumed −0.13 0.16 −0.12 0.06 a −0.12 0.16 −0.12 0.06 a
Sedentary PA (minutes/day) 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
Moderate PA (minutes/day) 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.02
Vigorous PA (minutes/day) −0.06 0.11 −0.09 0.04* −0.04 0.11 −0.08 0.04 a
Enrolled in Physical education 1.11 0.88 0.70 0.35* 1.08 0.88 0.7 0.35*
a

= p< .10

*

= p < .05

**

=p<.01

***

=p<.001