Table 3.

Structural Equation Modelling Results for the Associations between the Home Environment, Diet and PA factors with 187 Hispanic Children’s BMI z-score, PACER z-score and HOMA_IR

From	To
	Direct association							Indirect Association
	Home SSB Availability	PA Equipment at Home	Children’s SSB Consumption	Children’s PA	Children’s BMI z-score	Children’s PACER z-score	Children’s HOMA_IR^a	Children’s HOMA_IR^a
Parental SSB Consumption^a	0.502^**	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.010
Parental SSB Consumption^a	(8.292)	-	-	-	-	-	-	(1.526)
Parents PA Behaviors^a	-	0.331^**	-	-	-	-	-	−0.002
Parents PA Behaviors^a	-	(4.607)	-	-	-	-	-	(−1.287)
Home SSB Availability	-	-	0.185^*	-	-	-	-	0.019
Home SSB Availability	-	-	(2.383)	-	-	-	-	(1.560)
PA Equipment at Home	-	-	-	0.201^**	-	-	-	−0.006
PA Equipment at Home	-	-	-	(2.636)	-	-	-	(−1.347)
Mother’sBMI^a	-	-	-	-	0.212^*	-	-	0.144^*
Mother’sBMI^a	-	-	-	-	(2.432)	-	-	(2.385)
Father’s BMI^a	-	-	-	-	0.253^**	-	-	0.172^**
Father’s BMI^a	-	-	-	-	(2.856)	-	-	(2.765)
Family Income	-	-	-	-	−0.160^*	-	-	−0.109^*
Family Income	-	-	-	-	(−2.057)	-	-	(−2.022)
Children’s SSB Consumption	-	-	-	-	0.152^*	-	-	0.103^*
Children’s SSB Consumption	-	-	-	-	(2.175)	-	-	(2.136)
Children’s PA	-	-	-	-	-	0.171^*	-	−0.030
Children’s PA	-	-	-	-	-	(2.379)	-	(−1.559)
Children’s BMI z-score	-	-	-	-	-	0.405^**	0.608^**	-
Children’s BMI z-score	-	-	-	-	-	(−6.185)	(9.149)	-
Children’s PACER z-score	-	-	-	-	-	-	−0.175^*	-
Children’s PACER z-score	-	-	-	-	-	-	(−2.112)	-

BMI, body mass index; HOMA_IR, derived homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; PA, physical activity; PACER, progressive aerobic cardiovascular endurance run; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages.

These variables were log-transformed to improve multivariate normality.

Values in parenthesis correspond to t-statistic.

^**

P < 0.01,

P < 0.05.