Childcare Correlates of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Adiposity in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the SPLASHY Study

Table 3

Associations of childcare correlates with physical activity and sedentary behavior.

Outcomes	Correlates	β-coefficient	95% CI	value
(a) Daily PA during childcare attendance days (full-day attendance)
Total PA (cpm)	Age (years)	45.14	(19.35, 70.94)	0.001
	Sex	−52.96	(−84.65, −21.26)	0.001
	Child-initiated interaction	27.68	(4.67, 50.69)	0.02
	Mixing ages within a CC group	26.61	(7.02, 46.21)	0.01
	Written PA policy	53.28	(12.58, 93.98)	0.01
Moderate and vigorous PA (min/d)	Age (years)	10.09	(6.28, 13.90)	0.001
	Sex	−10.00	(−14.90, −5.11)	0.001
	Child-initiated interaction	4.45	(1.11, 7.79)	0.01
	Mixing ages within a CC group	3.74	(0.80, 6.67)	0.01
	Written PA policy	7.14	(1.40, 12.88)	0.01
Sedentary time (min/d)	Child-initiated interaction	−10.01	(−19.68, −0.33)	0.043
	Mixing ages within a CC group	−10.35	(−18.09, −2.61)	0.01
	Written PA policy	−23.92	(−39.99, −7.86)	0.004
(b) Overall daily PA (childcare and nonchildcare days)
Total PA (cpm)	Age (years)	54.76	(33.23, 76.29)	0.001
	Sex	−58.97	(−86.64, −31.29)	0.001
	Child-initiated interaction	20.81	(0.79, 40.84)	0.04
	Mixing ages within a CC group	18.45	(1.07, 35.84)	0.04
Moderate and vigorous PA (min/d)	Age (years)	10.33	(7.24, 13.42)	0.001
	Sex	−11.39	(−15.41, −7.37)	0.001
	Child-initiated interaction	3.55	(0.65, 6.46)	0.02
	Mixing ages within a CC group	3.25	(0.71, 5.78)	0.01
	CC surface	0.51	(0.01, 1.01)	0.047
Sedentary time (min/d)	Sex	10.83	(0.24, 21.41)	0.045
	Child-initiated interaction	−8.95	(−16.76, −1.13)	0.03
	Parental PA involvement	14.66	(1.61, 27.71)	0.03

PA = physical activity; CI = confidence interval; CC = childcare; cpm = counts per minutes; min/d = minutes per day; 5-point Likert scale; Sex defines girls vs boys. Child interaction indicates child’s tendency to go towards other peers while in CC. Mixing ages refers to the number of age classes in one group. Written PA policy refers to having a written PA policy promoting PA participation within the CC. Mobile equipment is expressed per 10 more equipment such as balls and frisbees. All outcome and predictor variables are unstandardized. The model always included age and sex. Daily physical activity during CC attendance days denotes the physical activity and days where the child attends CC during the full day. Overall daily physical activity denotes physical activity during all days, i.e., CC and non-CC days.