Table 6.

Meta-regression main results for random effects

Variable	Number of studies	Comparison groups	β	95% CI	p value	R-squared
Measurement typea	31	n/a	0.075	[0.038, 0.111]	< 0.001	0.63
Physical activityb	27	n/a	− 0.062	[− 0.135, − 0.012]	0.102	0.10
Number of covariates	27	n/a	− 0.006	[− 0.173, 0.006]	0.337	0.00
Age	27	n/a	− 0.003	[− 0.006, 0.004]	0.092	0.05
% Female	27	n/a	− 0.001	[− 0.001, 0.004]	0.327	0.00
Sedentary time (h)	27	n/a	− 0.017	[− 0.029, − 0.004]	0.009	0.28

^aDevice or self-report

^bStudies that included physical activity as a covariate. Bold indicate that the significance of p values < 0.05