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. 2018 Jun 25;136(3):237–244. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0405190218

Table 2: Partial correlations between independent variables and cardiorespiratory fitness according to sex, nutritional status and maturity status (n = 1,209).

Sex Nutritional status Somatic maturity status
Boys Girls Normal weight Overweight/obese Late On time Early
First level
Socioeconomic status -0.017 -0.092 0.077 0.065 -0.126 -0.007 -0.072
Maternal educational status -0.108 -0.025 -0.020 -0.090 0.006 -0.055 -0.073
Paternal educational status -0.084 -0.052 -0.004 -0.037 0.058 -0.039 -0.068
Maternal tobacco smoking 0.074 0.041 0.039 0.019 0.090 0.017 -0.073
Paternal tobacco smoking 0.005 0.059 0.040 -0.107 -0.045 0.012 -0.068
Maternal alcohol consumption 0.031 0.007 -0.013 0.014 0.073 -0.012 -0.015
Paternal alcohol consumption 0.015 0.033 0.005 0.129 0.140 0.026 -0.006
Maternal body mass index 0.008 -0.056 0.049 -0.141 -0.050 0.007 -0.047
Paternal body mass index -0.103 -0.074 0.004 -0.209 0.028 -0.079 -0.052
Maternal physical activity status 0.046 0.097 0.052 0.144 0.154 0.045 0.040
Paternal physical activity status 0.006 0.020 0.026 0.033 0.070 0.029 -0.082
Number of siblings 0.106 0.067 0.077 -0.062 0.164 0.051 0.151
Second level
Tobacco smoking 0.022 -0.180 -0.049 -0.153 -0.198 0.001 -0.055
Alcohol consumption -0.044 -0.118 -0.068 -0.078 -0.098 -0.065 0.110
Early physical activity 0.123 0.080 0.174 0.158 0.221 0.144 0.102
Habitual physical activity 0.224 0.180 0.323 0.215 0.369 0.286 0.326
Screen time -0.016 -0.158 -0.047 0.039 -0.082 -0.032 0.065
Third level
Chronological age ­-0.172 -0.533 -0.325 -0.360 -0.351 -0.287 -0.072
Age at peak height velocity 0.021 -0.237 0.281 0.034 0.419 0.349 0.309
Waist circumference -0.403 -0.356 -0.130 -0.250 -0.246 -0.307 -0.460

The values in bold indicate P < 0.05. Adjusted according to sex.