Table 4.
Logistic regression predicting whether children meet the recommended levels for PA based on parental PA
| |
All children |
Sons |
Daughters |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | OR for child meeting recommendations for PA if parent meets them [95% CI] | N | OR for child meeting recommendations for PA if parent meets them [95% CI] | N | OR for child meeting recommendations for PA if parent meets them [95% CI] | P for heterogeneity* | |
| Father: Model 1 |
423 |
1.90 [1.02 to 3.52] |
227 |
2.00 [0.85 to 4.68] |
196 |
1.52 [0.64 to 3.60] |
0.414 |
| Father: Model 2 |
423 |
1.84 [1.00 to 3.39] |
227 |
2.00 [0.87 to 4.61] |
196 |
1.41 [0.60 to 3.28] |
0.660 |
| Mother: Model 1 |
651 |
1.63 [1.09 to 2.43] |
337 |
1.68 [1.10 to 2.56] |
314 |
1.62 [0.86 to 3.05] |
0.922 |
| Mother: Model 2 | 651 | 1.62 [1.09 to 2.41] | 337 | 1.68 [1.10 to 2.55] | 314 | 1.63 [0.86 to 3.08] | 0.919 |
*Testing that associations are different between time spent in MVPA by daughters and by sons; tested by adding an interaction term (parent MVPA*gender) into the regression model.
Model 1: Unadjusted association.
Model 2: Adjusted for parent’s age, parent’s BMI, and household IMD.