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. 2017 Feb 21;6:149–156. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.02.021

Table 3.

Ordered logistic regression analysis of the influence of electronics and demographics on children's number of sedentary behavior days alone.

Model Predictors Unadjusted Adjusted
Odds ratio Odds ratio 95% CI
p-Value
Lower Upper
No child's bedroom television 0.503 0.048 0.006 0.393 0.005
No child's bedroom VCR/DVD player 0.344 0.418 0.073 2.39 0.327
No child's bedroom computer 0.454 1.28 0.338 4.85 0.716
No child's bedroom video game system 1.68 19.78 3.45 113.22 0.001
No child's cell phone 0.810 0.652 0.193 2.21 0.491
No child's cell hand-held video game player 0.493 0.940 0.384 2.30 0.893
No child's tablet 0.610 0.692 0.239 2.00 0.496
No child's portable music player 0.609 0.474 0.169 1.33 0.155
Parent education (some high school)
 Some college/vocational 2.35 0.088 0.006 1.30 0.077
 Completed bachelor's degree 4.51 0.166 0.013 2.13 0.168
 Completed graduate/professional degree 2.66 0.113 0.009 0.141 0.090
Child's age 1.18 1.11 0.800 1.55 0.526
Child's gender (male)
 Female 1.08 0.755 0.296 1.92 0.556
Child's race (African American)
 Asian American 1.94 1.84 0.262 13.02 0.534
 White 1.44 1.77 0.373 8.41 0.472
 Other 0.994 0.425 0.064 2.96 0.395
Child's ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino)
 Non-Hispanic/Latino 1.19 5.44 0.797 37.17 0.084

Within the multivariable ordered logistic regression model, the odds ratios reported for each independent variable are adjusted as they account for the other variables in the model.

Statistically significant (p-value ≤ 0.05).