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Table 3 Association between gross motor-coordination age 10 and physical activity/sedentary behaviour age 42 (n = 4879)

From: Prospective association between objective measures of childhood motor coordination and sedentary behaviour in adolescence and adulthood

Motor co-ordination category

TV viewing (>3 h/day)

Physical activity participation (>1/week)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Low (n = 1125)

1.0 (Ref)

1.0

1.0 (Ref)

1.0

Medium (n = 1255)

0.87 (0.72, 1.04)

0.90 (0.75, 1.09)

1.11 (0.94, 1.30)

1.08 (0.92, 1.27)

High (n = 2499)

0.80 (0.68, 0.94)

0.85 (0.72, 0.99)

1.22 (1.06, 1.41)

1.18 (1.02, 1.36)

  1. Model 1 adjusted for sex
  2. Model 2 adjusted for sex, child BMI age 10, child TV viewing age 10 (hardly ever/often), child sports participation age 10 (hardly ever/often), father occupational class, father BMI, parents smoking habit