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

BMC Pediatrics

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

Demographic and activity	Class Time				Lunch				Recess				PE
Demographic and activity	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*

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