Table 3 The physical education class frequency per week according to the BMI standard.
Group Category Boys Girls
ß S.E. OR 95% CI P * ß S.E. OR 95% CI P *
Normal
Vs.
Underweight
No PE class
One PE class per week .155 .073 1.168 1.011-1.349 .035 .029 .060 1.029 .915-1.157 .633
Two PE classes per week .483 .057 1.621 1.450-1.812 <.001 .211 .045 1.235 1.131-1.349 <.001
Over three PE
classes per week
1.106 .057 3.023 2.704-3.381 <.001 .806 .045 2.238 2.048-2.446 <.001
Normal
Vs.
Overweight
No PE class
One PE class per week .019 .080 1.019 .872-1.192 .809 -.089 .081 .915 .781-1.072 .271
Two PE classes per week .065 .061 1.068 .947-1.204 .285 -.121 .060 .886 .787-.997 .045
Over three PE
classes per week
-.045 .064 .956 .843-1.085 .485 -.258 .066 .772 .679-.878 <.001
Normal
Vs.
Obesity
No PE class
One PE class per week -.034 .078 .967 .830-1.125 .661 .150 .098 1.162 .950-1.407 .125
Two PE classes per week -.047 .059 .954 .849-1.072 .425 -.239 .078 .788 .675-.919 .002
Over three PE
classes per week
-.149 .063 .862 .762-.974 .017 -.344 .086 .709 .599-.838 <.001
BMI; Body Mass Index; S.E, Standard Error; OR, Odd Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; PE, Physical Education. The association of the frequency of PE classes and BMI category, by sex.* tested by logistic regression analysis.