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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Nurs. 2020 Mar 19;52:70–75. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.03.007

Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the association between parent meeting PA guidelines and child meeting PA guidelines for Americans (n = 132).a,b

Total sample N = 132 Boys N = 67 Girls N = 65
Child meets guidelinesb
Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value
Parent meets guidelinesb 0.39 0.04 0.51
 Yes 1.43 (0.63, 3.24) 3.84 (1.08, 13.71) 0.65 (0.18, 2.33)
 No Ref Ref Ref
Child age in years 1.06 (0.67, 1.67) 0.80 1.36 (0.66, 2.80) 0.40 1.09 (0.54, 2.18) 0.81
Child BMI z-score 0.90 (0.50, 1.63) 0.73 0.53 (0.20, 1.36) 0.19 1.29 (0.53, 3.15) 0.58
Child race/ethnicityc
 Minority group 0.51 (0.23, 1.17) 0.11 0.60 (0.19, 1.93) 0.39 0.64 (0.18, 2.34) 0.50
 Not minority group Ref Ref Ref
Parent support for PA 1.13 (1.00, 1.28) 0.05 1.05 (0.85, 1.28) 0.67 1.19 (1.00, 1.43) 0.06
Child number of sports
 Child in 0 sports 0.34 (0.09, 1.33) 0.16 0.43 (0.06, 3.45) 0.51 0.32 (0.05, 2.29) 0.50
 Child in 1 sport 0.65 (0.20, 2.16) 2.06 (0.33, 12.81) 0.47 (0.08, 2.87)
 Child in 2 sports 1.47 (0.50, 4.30) 2.23 (0.48, 10.49) 1.44 (0.27, 7.70)
 Child in 3 sports 1.68 (0.47, 6.06) 1.92 (0.34, 10.89) 1.44 (0.15, 14.04)
 Child in ≥4 sports Ref Ref Ref
a

BMI=Body Mass Index, PA = Physical activity.

b

At least 60 min of MVPA per day for children and 150 min of moderate or 75 min of vigorous PA per week for adults.

c

Children of Black/African American, Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native race or Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity were considered to be members of racial/ethnic minority group.