Physical activity, social support and BMI among middle school students in China.

Front Psychol · 2026 · PMC13121253 · PMID 42058291

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0.0030

closest p · 0.1× alpha

0.0670

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highly significantP = 0.003actually significant

BMI Z-scores decreased steadily from approximately 0.5 at lower levels of teacher support to around 0.1 at higher levels, representing a reduction of about 0.4 standard deviation units, with a highly significant linear trend ( P = 0.003).

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borderline significantP = 0.067so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Gender-stratified analyses showed that the non-linear test was borderline significant in the male group (non-linear P = 0.067) and reached a significant level in the female group (non-linear P = 0.018).

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