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Table 4 Correlations between the diet and activity patterns of the parents and those of their children

From: Overweight, obesity, high blood pressure and lifestyle factors among Mexican children and their parents

Children’s variables

Parent’s variables

Overweight/obesity

F/V consumption

SD consumption

Moderate regular PA

Overweight/obesity

0.09 (0.45)

−0.048 (0.67)

0.02 (0.85)

−0.02 (0.91)

HBPa

0.01 (0.93)

0.14 (0.21)

0.04 (0.75)

−0.10 (0.49)

F/V consumption

−0.33 (0.06)

0.47 (<0.001)*

−0.25 (0.88)

0.27 (0.21)

SD consumption

0.151 (0.40)

0.30 (<0.001)*

0.22 (0.18)

−0.12 (0.59)

Light PA practice

−0.18 (0.31)

0.17 (0.28)

0.31 (0.65)

0.11 (0.60)

Moderate PA

−0.21 (0.23)

0.09 (0.55)

−0.34 (0.03)*

0.07 (0.73)

Sedentary behaviorb

−0.21 (0.23)

−0.11 (0.52)

0.28 (0.89)

0.05 (0.87)

  1. Values are presented as r, with the p value in parenthesis
  2. PA Physical activity
  3. p < 0.05
  4. aIncluding systolic or diastolic HBP
  5. bWatching TV >4 h/day