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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Aug;26(8):1338–1346. doi: 10.1002/oby.22247

Table 2.

Linear regression model results for child Time 2 BMI z-score and related behaviors, adjusting for multi-level sociodemographics and corresponding T1 BMI z-score and related behaviors

BMI z-score (n=586) Energy Intake (kcal/day) (n=573) 3+ MET MVPA (mins/day) (n=558) Sedentary activity (mins/day) (n=558)

Estimate (95% CI) Estimate (95% CI) Estimate (95% CI) Estimate (95% CI)

Neighborhood typea
- Low PAE / Low NE 0.06 (−0.04, 0.16) 116.4* (15.6, 217.2) 7.3 (−2.8, 17.4) 50.2* (22.2,78.2)
- Low PAE / High NE 0.11* (0.01, 0.21) −8.2 (−111.1, 94.7) 12.3* (2.2, 22.5) 38.3* (10.7, 66.5)
- High PAE / Low NE 0.12* (0.03, 0.21) −15.9 (−113.0, 81.1) −4.7 (−14.3, 5.0) −9.9 (−36.8, 17.0)

Child age −0.03* (−0.05, −0.005) 23.2 (−0.9, 47.2) −8.9* (−12.1, −5.7) 5.0 (−2.5, 12.4)

Child sex (girls)b −0.02 (−0.08, 0.05) −236.3* (−307.7, −165.0) −13.7* (−21.0, −6.5) −6.3 (−25.5, 12.9)

Child race (non-White)c 0.04 (−0.05,0.13) −43.3 (−134.6, 48.0) 0.5 (−8.4, 9.3) −1.7 (−26.3, 23.0)

Child ethnicity (Hispanic)d 0.09 (−0.01, 0.20) −28.3 (−136.1, 79.4) 7.3 (−3.1, 17.8) 14.0 (−15.2, 43.2)

Parent age 0.001 (−0.006, 0.008) 3.7 (−3.5, 10.9) −0.2 (−0.9, 0.5) 0.09 (−1.9, 2.1)

Parent education −0.004 (−0.04, 0.04) 14.6 (−26.5, 55.8) −2.3 (−6.3, 1.8) 4.6 (−6.7, 15.9)

Parent BMI at T1 0.00003 (−0.001, 0.001) 0.1 (−0.5, 0.7) −0.02 (−0.10, 0.06) −0.02 (−0.24, 0.19)

Number of children in household −0.009 (−0.05, 0.03) 2.9 (−37.9, 43.8) 2.1 (−1.9, 6.2) 3.6 (−7.7, 14.8)

Annual household income 0.007 (−0.008, 0.023) 4.5 (−11.9, 21.0) 2.3* (0.7, 3.9) 1.6 (−2.9, 6.1)

Number of neighborhood residents reporting being White race −0.0004 (−0.0001, 0.0001) 0.32 (−0.02, 0.08) 0.002 (−.002, 0.007) 0.01 (−0.004, 0.023)

Average family size in neighborhood −.08 (−0.195, 0.035) 18.1 (−100.3, 136.4) 5.7 (−6.0, 17.4) 22.5 (−10.1, 55.1)

Median age of neighborhood residents −0.005 (−0.012, 0.003) −1.2 (−8.8, 6.4) 0.2 (−0.5, 1.0) −0.2 (−2.3, 1.9)

Median household income −1.15e−6 (−3.06e-6, 7.65e-7) 0.001 (−0.001, 0.003) 0.0002* (0.00001, 0.00004) −0.0001 (−0.001, 0.0004)

Corresponding Time 1 value 0.94* (0.91, 0.98) 0.3* (0.2, 0.4) −0.5* (−0.6, −.04) 0.6* (0.4, 0.7)

Sample size 586 573 558 558

Note. Estimates are unstandardized beta coefficients; models also included site (Seattle versus San Diego area) and amount of time between measurement visits; sample sizes vary based on differences in data availability by outcome; PAE = Physical activity environment; NE = Nutrition environment;

a

Referent group = High PE / High NE neighborhoods;

b

Referent group = boys;

c

Referent group = White;

d

Referent group = Non-Hispanic;

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p<.05