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Television viewing as a correlate for overweight status and skinfold thicknesses (mm).* |
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| Overweight Status† |
Skinfolds§ |
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| Prevalence Ratio |
[95% |
CI] |
β |
[95% |
CI] |
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| Television viewing |
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| ≤ 2 hrs/day |
Reference |
Reference |
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| > 2 hrs/day |
1.34 |
1.07 |
1.66 |
1.08 |
0.19 |
1.96 |
| Age (years) |
1.13 |
0.99 |
1.30 |
0.07 |
-0.37 |
0.52 |
| Gender |
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| Male |
Reference |
Reference |
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| Female |
0.99 |
0.77 |
1.27 |
1.59 |
0.91 |
2.27 |
| Race/ethnicity |
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| Non-Hispanic white |
Reference |
Reference |
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| Non-Hispanic black |
1.12 |
0.81 |
1.54 |
-0.39 |
-1.09 |
0.30 |
| Mexican-American |
1.22 |
0.91 |
1.64 |
0.76 |
-0.08 |
1.60 |
| Other |
1.34 |
0.85 |
2.12 |
0.49 |
-0.79 |
1.77 |
| Poverty to income ratio |
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| < 1 |
0.80 |
0.51 |
1.26 |
-1.18 |
-3.36 |
1.01 |
| ≥ 1 < 2 |
1.10 |
0.66 |
1.82 |
-0.20 |
-2.29 |
1.88 |
| ≥ 2 < 3 |
0.86 |
0.46 |
1.62 |
-0.52 |
-2.70 |
1.66 |
| ≥ 3 < 4 |
0.53 |
0.26 |
1.08 |
-1.00 |
-3.34 |
1.35 |
| ≥ 4 < 5 |
0.66 |
0.32 |
1.36 |
-1.66 |
-4.01 |
0.68 |
| ≥ 5 |
Reference |
Reference |
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*Bolded values indicate significance at P < 0.05. † n =1340, F statistic = 3.41 (P = 0.009) for the overweight status multivariate Poisson regression model. § Skinfold thicknesses = (Subscapular + Triceps skinfolds). n = 1337, r2 = 0.042 (P = 0.0031) for the skinfolds multivariate linear regression model | ||||||
Mendoza et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:44 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-44 |
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