Table 3.
Toddler and maternal characteristics and correlates of toddler minutes/day in MVPA (n = 191)
| Mean ± SD/(range) or % | Mean minutes in MVPA | Association with minutes in MVPA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T (p)/F (p) | r (p) | |||
| Toddler characteristics | ||||
| Physical activity (minutes/day) | ||||
| Sedentary (including sleep) | 803.2 ± 100.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Light | 582.4 ± 87.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| MVPA | 54.1 ± 40.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Days of valid accelerometer data | ||||
| Number of days | 5.3 (1–7) | -- | -- | −0.07 (0.352) |
| 1–4 days | 19.4 % | 56.4 | 0.31 (0.761) | |
| 5–7 days | 80.6 % | 53.5 | ||
| Age | ||||
| Months | 20.1 (12.0–31.9) | -- | -- | 0.43 (<0.001) |
| ≤ 24 m | 73.3 % | 43.4 | 6.72 (<0.001) | -- |
| > 24 m | 26.7 % | 83.4 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 53.9 % | 60.1 | 2.24 (0.027) | -- |
| Female | 46.1 % | 47.0 | ||
| Race | ||||
| Black | 67.5 % | 50.3 | 1.88 (0.062) | -- |
| Other | 32.5 % | 61.9 | ||
| Body size | ||||
| Weight-for-length %tile | 50.7 (0.1–99.99) | -- | -- | −0.09 (0.221) |
| Healthy weight (<94.9th %tile) | 88.5 % | 55.8 | 2.30 (0.027) | -- |
| Obese (≥95th %tile) | 11.5 % | 40.9 | ||
| Maternal characteristics | ||||
| Age | ||||
| Years | 26.8 (18–44) | -- | -- | 0.07 (0.344) |
| Marital status | -- | |||
| Married | 28.3 % | 56.1 | 0.42 (0.672) | -- |
| Not Married | 71.7 % | 53.3 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Some high school | 16.2 % | 52.9 | 0.19 (0.854) | -- |
| ≥ High school diploma/equivalent | 83.8 % | 54.3 | ||
| Physical activity | ||||
| MVPA (minutes/day) | 26.5 (0–120) | -- | 0.18 (0.017) | |
| Body size | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31.3 (16.5–68.3) | -- | -- | −0.11 (0.119) |
| Normal weight (<25 kg/m2) | 28.3 % | 56.9 | 1.78 (0.172) | -- |
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 20.4 % | 62.7 | ||
| Obese (≥30 kg/m2) | 58.3 % | 49.1 | ||
| Poverty | ||||
| Above | 31.4 % | 59.0 | 1.16 (0.246) | -- |
| At/Below | 66.0 % | 51.6 | ||
| Recruitment location | ||||
| Urban | 56.0 % | 48.9 | 2.02 (0.045) | -- |
| Suburban | 44.0 % | 60.7 | ||
| Household composition | ||||
| Number of children | 2.5 (1–6) | -- | -- | −0.09 (0.216) |