Table 2

The associations of preschool group practices and children’s sedentary time (min/h) in multilevel linear regression models

		β	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P value	N
Preschool group practices
Times of outdoors		−0.259	−1.293	0.776	0.624	470
Times of teacher-led sessions		0.438	−0.797	1.672	0.487	470
Times of free play *	Low	−0.655	−2.626	1.316	0.515	470
	Middle	−1.206	−3.312	0.901	0.262
	High (reference)
Times of organised PA lessons †		0.661	−0.730	2.052	0.352	470
Times of mixed activity‡		−0.635	−1.768	0.497	0.272	470
Frequency of visits to places encouraging PA
Frequency of nature trips		−1.026	−1.804	−0.248	0.010	655
Frequency of visits to play parks		0.264	−0.278	0.806	0.340	649
Frequency of visits to neighbourhood sport facilities §		−0.520	−1.558	0.519	0.327	654
Frequency of visits to gym or other indoor facility ¶		0.184	−0.913	1.281	0.742	671
Frequency of field trips to neighbourhoods		0.040	−0.909	0.989	0.934	647

All the analyses were adjusted for children’s age, gender and average preschool attendance and measurement season.
*Treated as categorised.
†Treated as dichotomous; no lessons at all (0) and others (1).
‡Treated as dichotomous; no mixed activities (0) and others (1).
§Treated as dichotomous; no visits at all (0) and others (1).
¶Treated as dichotomous; no visits at all (0) and others (1).
PA, physical activity.