Influence of Weight Gain Rate on Early Life Nutritional Status and Body Composition of Children

Table 6

Simple linear regression coefficient and respective confidence intervals for the association between Body Mass Index, body fat percentage, percentage of fat in the android region, and waist circumference between 4 and 7 years of age, according to variables in lifestyle and eating habits, Viçosa, MG, 2011-2012.

Variables	BMI/I (escore-)			Body fat (%)^*			Fat in android region (%)^*			Waist circumference^* (cm)
		IC 95%	value		IC 95%	value		IC 95%	value		IC 95%	value
Hours of TV
≤2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
>2	0.21	−0.09–0.52	0.17	0.09	−0.01–0.19	0.07	0.09	−0.06–0.25	0.23	0.03	−0.00–0.05	0.05
Physical activity time (hours)^1
>1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≤1	0.23	−0.08–0.55	0.15	0.16	0.05–0.26	<0.001	0.08	−0.08–0.24	0.32	0.03	−0.00–0.06	0.04
Light physical activity time (hours)^2
≤1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
>1	−0.04	−0.36–0.28	0.81	0.12	0.01–0.22	0.02	0.08	−0.07–0.24	0.29	−0.00	−0.03–0.02	0.69
Sports activity
Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
No	−0.43	−1.00–0.13	0.13	−0.10	−0.29–0.08	0.29	−0.04	−0.33–0.23	0.74	−0.04	−0.09–0.01	0.12
Energy balance
Not positive	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Positive	−0.12	−0.48–0.24	0.50	−0.06	−0.18–0.06	0.31	−0.04	−0.22–0.14	0.65	−0.01	−0.04–0.02	0.44

BMI = Body Mass Index; = linear regression coefficient, IC = confidence interval; cm = centimeter; g = gram; TV = television; ¹play ball, ride bikes, run, and so forth; ²play dolls, cars, house, homework, and so forth; ^*in logarithm.