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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2020 Jan 20;47(2):332–343. doi: 10.1177/1090198119897612

Table 5.

Longitudinal Data Analysis.

Outcome Predictors Estimate SE OR Z p
60-minute moderate/vigorous physical activity (3DPAR)a
Intercept −0.64 0.14 0.53 −4.72 <.0001
Collection period   0.02 0.01 1.02   2.38 .017
Student grade
 6   0.07 0.10 1.07   0.69 .49 
 7 −0.16 0.10 0.85 −1.59 .11 
 8 (reference) 0    1.00
Gender
 Female −0.01 0.09 0.99 −0.16 .87 
 Male (reference) 0    1.00
School
 Eastern   0.11 0.09 1.12   1.19 .23 
 Western (reference) 0    1.00
5+ Daily fruit/vegetable dietary behaviors (SPAN)b
Intercept −0.87 0.23 0.42 −3.76   .0002
Collection period   0.02 0.02 1.02   0.80 .42 
Student grade
 6   0.48 0.12 1.62   4.11 <.0001
 7   0.42 0.11 1.52   3.74   .0002
 8 (reference) 0    1.00
Gender
 Female −0.06 0.11 0.94 −0.57 .57
 Male (reference) 0    1.00
School
 Eastern −0.15 0.11 0.86 −1.32 .19
 Western (reference) 0    1.00
Outcome Predictors Estimate SE df t p

BMI percentilec
Intercept 72.58 1.40 2342 74.46 <.0001
Screening date
 Year 1 0.00 0.91 2698 −0.01 .99 
 Year 2 0.87 0.61 2601   1.45 .15 
 Year 3 (reference) 0  
Student grade
 6 −3.32 0.96 2,711 −3.46   .0006
 7 −1.59 0.62 2521 −2.56 .01 
 8 (reference) 0   
Gender
 Female   1.69 1.24 1991   1.36 .17 
 Male (reference) 0   
School
 Eastern −2.08 1.38 2194 −1.51 .13 
 Western (reference) 0   

Note. OR = odds ratio; 3DPAR = 3-Day Physical Activity Recall; SPAN = School Physical Activity and Nutrition; BMI = body mass index; df = degrees of freedom. N = 1,906. BMI percentile was modeled using linear mixed modeling, and meeting physical activity and healthy eating outcomes were modeled using generalized estimating equation models.

a

PA data were collected on the following time points: Baseline: February; Year 1: March, April, May, September; Year 2: October, February, March, April; Year 3: September, November, March, April.

b

SPAN data were collected on the following time points: Year 2: October, February, March, April; Year 3: September, November, March, April.

c

BMI data were collected on the following time points: Year 1: March; Year 2: November; Year 3: September.