Table 3.

Change in television viewing and BMI by change in explanatory variables from baseline to follow-up

Change in potential explanatory variables	Participants	Pathway 1: Change in TV viewing from CDAH-1 to CDAH-2	Pathway 2: Change in BMI from CDAH-1 to CDAH-2
	n	hours/day	Kg/m2
Change in total FBC during TV viewing
No change	589	0.02 (1.43)	0.54 (2.39)
Increased	188	0.39 (1.54)	0.92 (2.28)
Decreased	291	−0.34 (1.42)	0.65 (2.50)
P value2		< 0.001	0.16
Change in TV-related meal consumption
No change	506	0.03 (1.47)	0.64 (2.31)
Increased	210	0.24 (1.52)	0.81 (2.63)
Decreased	352	−0.23 (1.39)	0.53 (2.39)
P value2		< 0.001	0.42
Change in TV-related snack consumption
No change	451	−0.03 (1.52)	0.53 (2.41)
Increased	290	0.31 (1.42)	0.90 (2.15)
Decreased	327	−0.27 (1.39)	0.56 (2.59)
P value2		< 0.001	0.09
Change in TV-related soft drink consumption
No change	614	0.00 (1.30)	0.59 (2.32)
Increased	161	0.39 (1.61)	0.90 (2.54)
Decreased	293	−0.26 (1.65)	0.60 (2.50)
P value2		< 0.001	0.32
Change in TV-related alcohol consumption
No change	611	0.00 (1.34)	0.71 (2.31)
Increased	241	0.01 (1.60)	0.70 (2.34)
Decreased	216	−0.07 (1.65)	0.36 (2.69)
P value2		0.79	0.16
Change in LTPA, n (%)
Stable	418	0.05 (1.53)	0.67 (2.58)
> 1 h increase	353	−0.07 (1.42)	0.44 (2.25)
> 1 h decrease	297	−0.04 (1.43)	0.82 (2.30)
P value2		0.54	0.13

¹Mean; standard deviations in parentheses (all such values)

²Determined by one-way ANOVA

CDAH1 Childhood Determinants of Adult Health study (2004–06); CDAH2 Childhood Determinants of Adult Health study (2009–10); LTPA leisure-time physical activity, TV television, FBC food and beverage consumption