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Table 6 Determinants of below-average motor performance ability in kindergartners aged 3–6 yearsa

From: Beyond BMI: waist circumference and social environment is associated with motor performance ability in kindergartners

Item

ORb

95% CI for ORc

P*

Children’s age

 3–4

2.81

1.00–7.86

0.049

 5–6

1.00

  

Parental sport indexd

 Low

2.07

1.18–3.63

0.011

 High

1.00

  

Children’s sport indexd

 Low

3.24

1.85–5.67

< 0.001

 High

1.00

  

Children’s leisure-time indexd

 Low

2.09

1.14–3.85

0.017

 High

1.00

  

Children’s waist circumference SDSe

1.41

1.01–1.95

0.041

Social environment (LSI) of the district of the kindergartenf

 Low

2.72

1.29–5.75

0.009

 High

1.00

  
  1. aOnly significant associations are displayed
  2. bOR = Odds ratios
  3. cOR and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are from multiple logistic regression analysis in which all independent variables were included simultaneously: Kindergarten teachers BMI, kindergarten teachers age, kindergarten teachers habitual physical activity, children’s gender, children’s age, children’s migration background, educational level, parental BMI, parental habitual physical activity, children’s body mass index standard deviation scores, social environment of the district of the kindergarten (LSI), children’s screen time activities, children’s physical activity level
  4. dSport index and leisure-time index was derived from the habitual physical activity score conducted by Baecke et al. (1982). Scores were dichotomized. The lower the score, the more likely the participant had lower physical activity levels
  5. eStandard deviation scores according to the UK 1990 reference by Cole et al. (1998)
  6. fLSI = Life situation index was conducted analogously to the study of Hoffmann et al. (2013)
  7. *P ≤ 0.05