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. 2017 Mar 4;14:25. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0481-3

Table 2.

Correlations for the main covariates and multicollinearity

Sedentary time Prolonged SB Non-prolonged SB Breaks in SB MVPA VIF
Sedentary time (min/day) 1.000 0.017 0.278 0.143 0.345 1.494
Prolonged SB (bouts/day) 0.017 1.000 0.069 0.007 0.008 1.008
Non-prolonged SB (bouts/day) 0.278 0.069 1.000 0.651 −0.165 2.318
Breaks in SB (breaks/day) −0.143 0.007 0.651 1.000 −0.039 2.180
MVPA (min/day) −0.345 0.008 −0.165 −0.039 1.000 1.146

The Pearson correlation coefficients in bold mean significant correlations (p ≤ 0.05)

SB sedentary behavior, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, VIF variance inflation factor. The VIF for each independent variable was calculated to evaluate multicollinearity