Table 2

Correlations between total PA and BF% (cross sectional and time lagged by ±1, 2 and 3 years), partial r (95% CI)

	Cross sectional (years)
	TPA vs BF%
7 vs 7	−0.22 (−0.35 to −0.08)^*
8 vs 8	−0.20 (−0.33 to −0.06)^*
9 vs 9	−0.18 (−0.31 to −0.04)^**
10 vs 10	−0.23 (−0.36 to −0.09)^***

Time-lagged (years)	TPA vs future BF%	BF% vs future TPA
7 vs 8	−0.17 (−0.30 to −0.03)^**	−0.24 (−0.37 to −0.10)^***
8 vs 9	−0.20 (−0.33 to −0.06)^*	−0.17 (−0.30 to −0.03)^**
9 vs 10	−0.12 (−0.25 to +0.02)	−0.26 (−0.38 to −0.13)^***
7 vs 9	−0.14 (−0.27 to 0.00)^**	−0.18 (−0.31 to −0.04)^**
8 vs 10	−0.17 (−0.30 to −0.03)^**	−0.20 (−0.33 to −0.06)^*
7 vs 10	−0.16 (−0.29 to −0.02)^*	−0.21 (−0.34 to −0.07)^*

All correlations in this table are partial correlations controlled for sex and age. n=202 for all analyses.
* p<0.05,
** p<0.01,
*** p<0.001.
BF%, body fat%; TPA, total physical activity.