Table 3.

Association of Waist Circumference (cm) With Standardized Scores for Community Policies and Programs (CPPs)

	CPP intensity score				CPP target behavior score
	Minimally adjusteda		Fully adjustedb		Minimally adjusteda		Fully adjustedb
Model/Years	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
All CPPs
1 year	−1.021	0.59	0.707	0.55	−1.737	0.16	−1.547	0.03
3 years	−1.218	0.48	0.663	0.53	−2.019	0.11	−1.783	0.02
6 years	−1.200	0.46	0.744	0.46	−1.863	0.14	−1.475	0.05
10 years	−1.092	0.51	0.960	0.34	−2.140	0.09	−1.380	0.08
Physical activity CPPs
1 year	−0.795	0.64	0.671	0.52	−1.758	0.28	−1.551	0.11
3 years	−1.071	0.52	0.638	0.54	−1.789	0.28	−1.578	0.11
6 years	−0.958	0.55	0.743	0.45	−1.740	0.27	−1.144	0.23
10 years	−0.840	0.61	0.962	0.34	−2.391	0.10	−0.847	0.34
Nutrition CPPs
1 year	0.326	0.83	0.545	0.51	−2.299	0.21	−2.187	0.05
3 years	0.160	0.92	0.669	0.50	−2.546	0.15	−2.388	0.02
6 years	−0.062	0.97	0.627	0.57	−2.034	0.21	−2.037	0.05
10 years	0.190	0.92	0.770	0.51	−1.540	0.26	−1.694	0.05

Note: β is the regression coefficient for the standardized CPP score. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

^aAdjusted for child height, child gender, and child age and age-squared.

^bAdjusted for geographic region, minority classification of the census tract, child height, child gender, child age and age-squared, child ethnicity, total family income, father’s education, and mother’s employment.