Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Table 3 Hierarchical regression analysis between DS, PA and the physical fitness variables

From: The association between depressive symptoms and physical status including physical activity, aerobic and muscular fitness tests in children

	Depressive symptoms
	Standardized β	R ²	F change	Adj. R ²
Step 1		0.07	6.1**	0.06
Age	0.15*
SES	−0.09
%Fat	0.16*
Step 2		0.09	4.8*	0.075
Age	0.16*
SES	−0.07
%Fat	0.14*
PA	−0.15*
Step 3		0.17	23.9**	0.15
Age	0.24**
SES	−0.07
%Fat	−0.07
PA	−0.04
One-mile run/walk	0.37**
Step 3		0.067	0.03	0.055
Age	0.15*
SES	−0.1
%Fat	0.08
PA	−0.12*
Grip strength	0.01
Step 3		0.07	0.01	0.055
Age	0.15*
SES	−0.13*
%Fat	0.09
PA	−0.12*
Long jump	−0.002

* Significant at <0.05; ** significant at <0.01

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