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. 2017 Sep 12;12(9):e0184472. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184472

Table 4. Partition models for BMI among children and adolescents by age group (n = 1,812).

Regression Coefficient (95%CI)
Age group Sleep Duration (min/day) Sedentary Behaviour (min/day) Light Intensity Physical Activity (min/day) Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (min/day)
5–9 years 0.003 (-0.002 to 0.007) 0.005 (0.001 to 0.009)* 0.000 (-0.003 to 0.004) -0.016 (-0.022 to -0.010)**
10–14 years -0.004 (-0.009 to 0.001) 0.004 (0.000 to 0.008)* 0.001 (-0.003 to 0.005) -0.019 (-0.026 to -0.012)**
15–19 years -0.003 (-0.009 to 0.000) 0.007 (0.003 to 0.011)* 0.003 (-0.001 to 0.007) -0.017 (-0.025 to -0.009)**
20–24 years 0.002 (-0.006 to 0.009) 0.004 (-0.002 to 0.010) 0.002 (-0.003 to 0.008) -0.031 (-0.043 to -0.019)**

*p<0.05

**p<0.001

Sleep time, all light intensity activity, moderate to vigorous intensity activity and covariates (gender, race-ethnicity and healthy diet habits, i.e. meeting fruit and vegetables daily intake guidelines) were simultaneously introduced in the model