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Table 4 Associations between frequency of sports activity and each of the BEs by ordinal logistic regression analysis

From: Neighborhood built environment and physical activity of Japanese older adults: results from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)

  

r = 250 m

r = 500 m

r = 1000 m

Independent variables a

 

ORb

95%CI

ORb

95%CI

ORb

95%CI

Population density

 

1.004

(1.001, 1.006)

1.004

(1.002, 1.007)

1.005

(1.002, 1.008)

No. of intersections

 

1.001

(0.997, 1.006)

1.001

(0.999, 1.002)

1.001

(1.000, 1.001)

No. of dead-ends

 

0.991

(0.975, 1.008)

0.992

(0.985, 0.999)

1.000

(0.998, 1.002)

No. of destinations

 

1.002

(0.989, 1.015)

1.000

(0.994, 1.005)

1.001

(0.999, 1.003)

Parks or green spaces

 

1.258

(1.082, 1.462)

1.152

(1.021, 1.300)

1.162

(1.056, 1.280)

Schools

 

0.967

(0.852, 1.097)

1.008

(0.919, 1.106)

0.992

(0.909, 1.082)

Land slope

 

0.961

(0.941, 0.981)

0.957

(0.931, 0.983)

0.944

(0.923, 0.967)

(Quartiles)

       

Population density (Ref. Lowest)

Low

1.017

(0.900, 1.150)

0.899

(0.796, 1.015)

1.074

(0.950, 1.215)

 

High

1.067

(0.945, 1.205)

0.971

(0.861, 1.096)

1.160

(1.027, 1.310)

 

Highest

1.186

(1.054, 1.335)

1.147

(1.021, 1.29)

1.200

(1.066, 1.351)

No. of intersections (Ref. Lowest)

Low

1.052

(0.934, 1.184)

1.075

(0.952, 1.212)

1.233

(1.088, 1.397)

 

High

1.063

(0.943, 1.198)

0.982

(0.869, 1.108)

1.138

(1.004, 1.290)

 

Highest

1.034

(0.919, 1.163)

1.089

(0.966, 1.228)

1.191

(1.051, 1.350)

No. of dead-ends (Ref. Lowest)

Low

0.880

(0.778, 0.994)

0.896

(0.800, 1.002)

0.929

(0.824, 1.047)

 

High

0.852

(0.762, 0.952)

0.926

(0.823, 1.041)

0.990

(0.879, 1.116)

 

Highest

0.954

(0.852, 1.069)

0.884

(0.787, 0.992)

0.999

(0.888, 1.123)

No. of destinations (Ref. Lowest)

Low

1.095

(0.984, 1.219)

1.096

(0.972, 1.236)

1.185

(1.049, 1.338)

 

High

1.097

(0.969, 1.243)

1.101

(0.982, 1.233)

1.069

(0.948, 1.206)

 

Highest

1.042

(0.919, 1.181)

0.980

(0.872, 1.100)

1.161

(1.033, 1.306)

Land slope (Ref. Lowest)

Low

1.129

(1.001, 1.273)

1.026

(0.910, 1.156)

1.059

(0.941, 1.193)

 

High

1.115

(0.988, 1.258)

1.088

(0.965, 1.227)

1.053

(0.934, 1.187)

 

Highest

0.948

(0.837, 1.073)

0.933

(0.825, 1.057)

0.840

(0.740, 0.953)

  1. a Each independent variable was included separately.
  2. b Age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, equivalized income, having paid work, SRH, GDS, and IADL were adjusted.
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