Table 5

Associations between school physical activity provision and prevalence of overweighta at baseline and follow-up


Males
Females



% (n/N)
PRb
95% CI
PRc
95% CI
% (n/N)
PRc
95% CI
PRb
95% CI

Baseline










Overweight/Obese










Primary School










     Low PA School
14 (51/371)
1.0
Ref
1.0
Ref
12 (48/417)
1.0
Ref
1.0
Ref
     Med PA School
10 (48/460)
0.76
(0.52–1.11)
0.80
(0.57–1.12)
13 (60/455)
1.15
(0.81–1.61)
1.14
(0.80–1.62)
     High PA School
11 (53/503)
0.77
(0.55–1.06)
0.77
(0.56–1.07)
13 (59/472)
1.09
(0.80–1.48)
1.10
(0.83–1.47)
ptrend

0.13

0.14


0.62

0.51
Secondary School










     Low PA School
9 (40/440)
1.0
Ref
1.0
Ref
12 (51/442)
1.0
Ref
1.0
Ref
     Med PA School
11 (55/485)
1.25
(0.78–1.99)
1.27
(0.86–1.88)
13 (57/456)
1.08
(0.72–1.63)
1.15
(0.80–1.65)
     High PA School
11 (68/622)
1.20
(0.82–1.76)
1.14
(0.79–1.64)
13 (69/532)
1.12
(0.80–1.59)
1.15
(0.81–1.64)
ptrend

0.39

0.59


0.50

0.44
Follow-Up










Overweight/Obese










     Low PA School
59 (123/208)
1.0
Ref
1.0
Ref
39 (92/239)
1.0
Ref
1.0
Ref
     Med PA School
66 (169/254)
1.13
(0.97–1.30)
1.10
(0.97–1.25)
38 (96/250)
1.00
(0.78–1.28)
0.98
(0.79–1.22)
     High PA School
63 (182/288)
1.07
(0.93–1.23)
1.08
(0.95–1.23)
41 (110/270)
1.06
(0.83–1.34)
1.04
(0.84–1.28)
ptrend

0.46

0.33


0.63

0.63

a Overweight at baseline defined as a BMI equal to or greater than international age- and sex-specific cutpoints for overweight; overweight at follow-up defined as a BMI≥25 kg/m2.

b PR: prevalence ratios adjusted for the effects of clustering by school.

c PR: prevalence ratios adjusted for the effects of clustering by school plus baseline area-level SES, baseline smoking, baseline parental physical activity; follow-up associations also adjusted for highest level of education, smoking at follow-up, marital status at follow-up and number of live births at follow-up (females only).

Cleland et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:14   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-14