Table 4

Associations between objectively measured physical activity (PA) variables and waist circumference in children and adolescents, stratifying by cardiovascular fitness (CVF) level

	Basic model		+Maternal education		+Birth weight		+Television viewing
	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value
Low CVF
Moderate PA (min)	−0.016	0.824	−0.031	0.675	0.027	0.714	−0.002	0.997
Vigorous PA (min)*	−0.097	0.044	−0.116	0.019	−0.102	0.039	−0.094	0.060
MVPA (min)	−0.046	0.498	−0.063	0.360	−0.056	0.417	−0.095	0.301
Total PA (counts/min)*	−0.084	0.080	−0.113	0.023	−0.090	0.070	−0.076	0.127
High CVF
Moderate PA (min)	0.258	<0.001	0.270	<0.001	0.260	<0.001	0.268	<0.001
Vigorous PA (min)*	0.101	0.027	0.101	0.032	0.102	0.030	0.094	0.040
MVPA (min)	0.224	0.001	0.231	0.001	0.229	0.001	0.225	0.001
Total PA (counts/min)*	0.111	0.015	0.110	0.018	0.105	0.026	0.111	0.016

MVPA, moderate to vigorous PA.
Basic model is composed of sex, age group and height. Maternal education, birth weight and television viewing were one by one sequentially added to the basic model.
β Standardised linear regression coefficients.
↵* Squared root transformed.