Correlates between child and family factors, and daily activity patterns among preschoolers in the GECKO Drenthe study, the Netherlands
| Child and family factors | Range | Descriptive data n (%)/mean (SD) | ST | LPA | MVPA |
| β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | |||
| Gender | 0–1 | 0=male, n=270 (53.5%); 1=female, n=235 (46.5%) | 5.1 (−4.4 to 14.7) | 1.6 (−5.1 to 8.4) | −0.197 (−0.261 to −0.133) |
| Age at PA measurement | 3–7 | 5.6 (0.9) (years) | 20.9 (15.6 to 26.1) | −16.2 (−20.0 to −12.5) | 0.031 (−0.008 to 0.070) |
| Maternal education | 0–1 | 0=low/middle, n=290 (57.4%); 1=high, n=215 (42.6%) | 10.7 (1.2 to 20.3) | −7.4 (−14.2 to −0.6) | −0.015 (−0.082 to 0.052) |
| Paternal education | 0–1 | 0=low/middle, n=305 (60.4%); 1=high, n=200 (39.6%) | 10.0 (0.3 to 19.7) | −2.1 (−9.1 to 4.8) | −0.042 (−0.109 to 0.026) |
| Maternal age | 26–50 | 37.0 (4.2) (years) | 2.2 (1.0 to 3.3) | −0.3 (−1.1 to 0.5) | −0.004 (−0.012 to 0.004) |
| Paternal age | 26–58 | 39.6 (4.6) (years) | 1.2 (0.1 to 2.2) | −0.2 (−0.9 to 0.5) | 0.000 (−0.007 to 0.008) |
| Having siblings | 0–1 | 0=no, n=55 (10.9%); 1=yes, n=450 (89.1%) | −15.9 (−31.1 to −0.7) | 8.6 (−2.3 to 19.4) | 0.174 (0.068 to 0.279) |
| Single-parent family structure | 0–1 | 0=no, n=457 (90.5%); 1=yes, n=48 (9.5%) | 9.2 (−7.0 to 25.4) | −4.4 (−15.9 to 7.1) | −0.022 (−0.135 to 0.091) |
| Ethnicity | 0–1 | 0=Non-Dutch, n=26 (5.2%); 1=Dutch, n=472 (94.8%) | 3.3 (−18.3 to 24.8) | 4.8 (−10.6 to 20.1) | −0.028 (−0.178 to 0.121) |
| Body mass index | 13–22 | 15.9 (1.3), n=439 (86.9%) | −1.0 (−4.9 to 2.9) | 2.3 (−0.6 to 5.1) | 0.017 (−0.011 to 0.044) |
For binary variables, the group with zero was defined as the reference group.
Bold: p value<0.05.
ln, natural logarithm; LPA, light physical activity, means by minutes per day; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, ln transformation of means by minutes per day; PA, physical activity; ST, sedentary time, means by minutes per day.