Table 4.

Cross-lagged panel models of child body mass index (BMI) and percent moderate-vigorous physical activity (%MVPA)

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Coefficient	T-value	P-value
BMI at FU1	Gender	−0.335	−1.86	0.06
	Age	−0.211	−2.09	0.04
	Pubertal status	0.069	0.20	0.84
	BMI (at baseline)	1.054	53.5	0.0001
	%MVPA (at baseline)	0.035	1.28	0.20
BMI at FU2	Gender	−0.008	−0.04	0.97
	Age	−0.017	−0.13	0.89
	Pubertal status	−0.318	−1.02	0.31
	BMI (at FU1)	1.05	52.3	0.0001
	%MVPA (at FU1)	−0.006	−0.20	0.84
%MVPA at FU1	Gender	1.50	3.36	0.001
	Age	−0.465	−1.75	0.08
	Pubertal status	0.226	0.28	0.78
	BMI (at baseline)	−0.034	−0.71	0.48
	%MVPA (at baseline)	0.401	6.13	0.0001
%MVPA at FU2	Gender	1.97	3.51	0.0007
	Age	−0.105	−0.36	0.72
	Pubertal status	0.512	0.63	0.53
	BMI (at FU1)	−0.108	−1.81	0.08
	%MVPA (at FU1)	0.168	2.35	0.02

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, FU1 Follow-up 1-year, %MVPA moderate-vigorous physical activity, FU2 Follow-up 2-years.