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

Table 4.

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

Model Predictors Unadjusted Adjusted
Odds ratio Odds ratio 95% CI
p-Value
Lower Upper
No child's bedroom television 0.304 0.314 0.067 1.47 0.142
No child's bedroom VCR/DVD player 0.326 0.211 0.044 1.00 0.051
No child's bedroom computer 0.394 0.712 0.210 2.42 0.586
No child's bedroom video game system 0.452 1.72 0.447 6.60 0.431
No child's cell phone 0.486 0.6412 0.124 1.37 0.148
No child's cell hand-held video game player 0.828 2.59 1.02 6.57 0.045
No child's tablet 0.576 0.726 0.253 2.08 0.551
No child's portable music player 0.466 0.363 0.136 0.970 0.043
Parent education (some high school)
 Some college/vocational 0.055 0.191 0.019 1.93 0.161
 Completed bachelor's degree 0.093 0.274 0.030 2.50 0.251
 Completed graduate/professional degree 0.052 0.141 0.015 1.32 0.086
Child's age 1.19 1.01 0.728 1.40 0.960
Child's gender (male)
 Female 0.627 0.291 0.110 0.772 0.013
Child's race (African American)
 Asian American 0.418 1.18 0.173 8.03 0.867
 White 0.690 1.95 0.482 7.85 0.350
 Other 0.403 0.370 0.046 2.94 0.347
Child's ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino)
 Non-Hispanic/Latino 0.539 0.616 0.091 4.17 0.619

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).