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Table 4 Association among demographic, activity status (high active vs. low active) and MVPA minutes accumulated during school day

From: Accelerometer measured physical activity patterns of children during segmented school day in Abu Dhabi

Demographic and activity Class Time Lunch Recess PE
Coef. SE z P-value Coef. SE z P-value Coef SE Z P-value Coef. SE Z P-value
Gender
 Boys (Ref) 1.36 0.41 3.31 0.001* 1.39 0.39 3.53 0.00* 0.94 0.27 3.47 0.001* 1.18 1.95 0.61 0.544
Age 0.56 0.24 2.33 0.02* 0.49 0.24 2.04 0.041* 0.36 0.17 2.16 0.03* 3.44 1.14 3.02 0.003*
Nationality
 Arab (ref) 0.91 0.38 2.35 0.019* 0.32 0.36 0.89 0.375 0.12 0.24 0.52 0.605 2.20 1.87 1.17 0.241
BMI (kg/m2) Normal (ref)
 Overweight −0.13 0.30 −0.43 0.668 0.19 0.28 0.68 0.494 0.34 0.19 1.83 0.068 2.22 1.44 1.54 0.123
 Obese 0.31 0.38 0.81 0.418 −0.02 0.35 −0.05 0.963 − 0.16 0.24 − 0.7 0.487 −1.44 1.82 −0.79 0.428
Activity status
 High active (Ref) 5.45 0.37 14.63 0.00 3.12 0.34 9.06 0.00* 1.91 0.23 8.23 0.00* 15.06 1.84 8.19 00.00*
  1. Significant difference* (p < 0.05)
  2. MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity, BMI Body Mass Index
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