Table 4.
Multivariable Models Predicting Time in MVPA at the Child Care Center and Over the 24-h Day
| Independent variable | MVPA (min/h) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child care center | 24-h day | |||||||
| Outdoor time model | Total active time model (indoors or outdoors) | Outdoor time model | Total active time model (indoors or outdoors) | |||||
| full | final | full | final | full | final | full | final | |
| N | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 |
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| Weather and clothing policies promoting PA | 0.2 (0.3) (p=0.4) | 0.3 (0.2) (p=0.2) | 0.08 (0.2) (p=0.6) | 0.2 (0.1) (p=0.2) | ||||
| Muscle room present | 0.4 (0.3) (p=0.1) | 0.3 (0.3) (p=0.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| ≥60 min provided outdoors on day of observation | 0.5 (0.2) (p=0.06) | 0.5 (0.2) (p=0.03) | 0.5 (0.2) (p=0.004) | 0.5 (0.2) (p=0.001) | ||||
| ≥60 active time provided (indoors or outdoors) | 0.6 (0.2) (p=0.004) | 0.6 (0.2) (p=0.001) | 0.4 (0.1) (p=0.006) | 0.4 (0.1) (p=0.003) | ||||
| Age (y) | 0.1 (0.1) (p=0.3) | 0.1 (0.1) (p=0.30) | 0.1 (0.1) (p=0.3) | 0.1 (0.1) (p=0.2) | 0.2 (0.09) (p=0.08) | 0.2 (0.09) (p=0.08) | 0.2 (0.09) (p=0.06) | 0.2 (0.09) (p=0.05) |
| Sex (Female vs. male) | −0.5 (0.2) (p=0.003) | −0.5 (0.2) (p=0.003) | −0.4 (0.2) (p=0.003) | −0.5 (0.1) (p=0.003) | −0.3 (0.1) (p=0.004) | −0.3 (0.1) (p=0.003) | −0.3 (0.1) (p=0.004) | −0.3 (0.1) (p=0.004) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | −0.02 (0.05) (p=0.6) | −0.03 (0.05) (p=0.6) | −0.02 (0.05) (p=0.6) | −0.03 (0.05) (p=0.50) | −0.05 (0.03) (p=0.1) | −0.05 (0.03) (p=0.1) | −0.05 (0.03) (p=0.1) | −0.06 (0.03) (p=0.09) |
| Parental education | 0.04 (0.06) (p=0.6) | 0.04 (0.06) (p=0.5) | 0.05 (0.06) (p=0.4) | 0.06 (0.06) (p=0.3) | 0.001 (0.04) (p=0.9) | 0.002 (0.04) (p=0.9) | 0.01 (0.04) (p=0.8) | 0.02 (0.0) (p=0.7) |
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). Dash ( --) indicates variable was not significant in initial models.