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. 2020 Mar 24;20:387. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08533-8

Table 3.

Association between ECE Center Changes and Change in Child Physical Activity at ECE center (n = 49 children)a

Maximum
Score
SB minutes/hour TPA minutes/hour MVPA minutes/hour
Beta SE p-value Beta SE p-value Beta SE p-value
ECE Center Practice
 Active Play (minutes) −0.12 0.05 0.02* 0.12 0.05 0.02* 0.02 0.03 0.48
 Television viewing (minutes) 0.21 0.28 0.46 −0.21 0.28 0.46 −0.08 0.10 0.39
 Non-television screen-time (minutes) 0.25 0.10 0.02* −0.25 0.10 0.02* −0.10 0.04 0.06
 Total Screen-time (minutes) 0.21 0.11 0.06 −0.21 0.11 0.06 −0.09 0.05 0.10
ECE Center Environment
 Active Opportunities 20 −1.09 0.71 0.13 1.09 0.71 0.13 0.22 0.52 0.67
 Sedentary Opportunities 20 0.60 0.92 0.52 −0.60 0.92 0.52 −0.28 0.32 0.37
 Sedentary Opportunities-Revised 20 −1.21 0.64 0.06 1.21 0.64 0.06 0.54 0.22 0.02*
 Sedentary Environment 20 0.86 0.73 0.38 −0.86 0.73 0.38 0.50 0.40 0.21
 Portable Play Environment 20 −0.56 0.83 0.50 0.56 0.83 0.50 0.02 0.28 0.93
 Fixed Play Environment 20 −0.45 1.01 0.65 0.45 1.01 0.65 − 0.07 0.35 0.83
ECE Center Staff Behavior
 Staff Behaviors 20 0.08 0.96 0.93 −0.08 0.96 0.93 0.04 0.29 0.88
 PA Training and Education 20 −0.01 0.81 0.98 0.01 0.81 0.98 −0.03 0.26 0.89
ECE Center Policy
 PA Policyb 20 N/A N/A N/A
 Total EPAO Score 160 −0.21 0.24 0.72 0.21 0.24 0.72 0.03 0.08 0.67

SB Sedentary Behavior, TPA Total Physical Activity, MVPA Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, PA Physical Activity, EPAO Environmental Policy Assessment and Observation; aAssessed using mixed models account for baseline child sex, age, race, BMI percentile, and baseline score, and clustering within center. p < 0.05*; bPA Policy is noted “N/A” as there were no changes in score from baseline to follow-up, and no change to evaluate