Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and children

Table 4 Mother-child associations for high commuting, leisure-time sports or sedentary behaviors at baseline and follow-up ^1,2

	Outcome: high activity/behavior in children for corresponding activity/behavior category
Maternal exposure	Baseline	Follow-up
Commuting
Low activity	1.00	1.00
High activity	2.72 (1.08, 6.87)^‡	3.13 (1.37, 7.16)^†
Leisure-time sports
Low activity	1.00	1.00
High activity	3.61 (1.14, 11.41)^‡	0.87 (0.26, 2.93)
Sedentary
Low sedentary behavior	*	1.00
High sedentary behavior	*	0.58 (0.35, 0.97)^‡

China Health and Nutrition Survey.^1,2
*Sedentary behavior available at follow-up only for mothers.
^†P < 0.01, ^‡P < 0.05.
¹Separate models for each outcome variable (child commuting, leisure-time sports, and sedentary).
²Odds Ratio (95% CI) controlled for child’s gender, child and maternal age, maternal education,residence, income, and cohort.

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