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Table 7 Associations between frequency of sports activity and the BE stratified by gender, location, and years of residence

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

Male

      

Population density

1.005

(1.002, 1.009)

1.007

(1.003, 1.010)

1.008

(1.003, 1.012)

No. of intersections

1.003

(0.997, 1.008)

1.001

(0.999, 1.003)

1.001

(1.000, 1.002)

No. of dead-ends

0.999

(0.976, 1.022)

0.993

(0.984, 1.003)

1.000

(0.998, 1.003)

No. of destinations

1.009

(0.991, 1.028)

0.997

(0.989, 1.005)

1.002

(0.999, 1.004)

Parks or green spaces

1.336

(1.089, 1.640)

1.253

(1.064, 1.476)

1.233

(1.081, 1.407)

Schools

0.854

(0.711, 1.024)

0.964

(0.846, 1.098)

0.972

(0.862, 1.096)

Land slope

0.943

(0.915, 0.972)

0.945

(0.909, 0.982)

0.924

(0.893, 0.956)

Female

      

Population density

1.001

(0.998, 1.005)

1.002

(0.998, 1.006)

1.003

(0.998, 1.007)

No. of intersections

1.000

(0.994, 1.006)

1.000

(0.998, 1.003)

1.000

(1.000, 1.001)

No. of dead-ends

0.982

(0.959, 1.006)

0.990

(0.980, 1.000)

0.999

(0.997, 1.002)

No. of destinations

0.993

(0.974, 1.012)

1.002

(0.995, 1.010)

1.001

(0.998, 1.003)

Parks or green spaces

1.172

(0.937, 1.464)

1.033

(0.862, 1.238)

1.083

(0.939, 1.249)

Schools

1.092

(0.916, 1.301)

1.060

(0.928, 1.210)

1.019

(0.898, 1.157)

Land slope

0.979

(0.952, 1.008)

0.971

(0.935, 1.009)

0.964

(0.934, 0.995)

North

      

Population density

1.001

(0.998, 1.004)

1.003

(0.999, 1.006)

1.001

(0.997, 1.006)

No. of intersections

1.007

(1.001, 1.013)

1.001

(0.998, 1.003)

1.000

(0.999, 1.001)

No. of dead-ends

0.987

(0.957, 1.019)

0.994

(0.979, 1.009)

0.998

(0.995, 1.002)

No. of destinations

1.017

(0.998, 1.035)

1.004

(0.996, 1.011)

1.000

(0.998, 1.003)

Parks or green spaces

1.138

(0.970, 1.336)

1.024

(0.893, 1.174)

1.007

(0.884, 1.147)

Schools

0.975

(0.809, 1.175)

0.999

(0.874, 1.143)

0.920

(0.783, 1.081)

Land slope

0.954

(0.907, 1.003)

0.968

(0.911, 1.029)

1.041

(0.965, 1.123)

South

      

Population density

1.004

(1.000, 1.008)

1.005

(1.000, 1.009)

1.008

(1.003, 1.012)

No. of intersections

0.995

(0.989, 1.001)

1.000

(0.998, 1.002)

1.001

(1.000, 1.001)

No. of dead-ends

1.004

(0.984, 1.025)

0.998

(0.989, 1.007)

1.002

(1.000, 1.004)

No. of destinations

0.989

(0.970, 1.008)

0.996

(0.988, 1.004)

1.001

(0.999, 1.004)

Parks or green spaces

      

Schools

0.951

(0.799, 1.132)

0.977

(0.857, 1.115)

0.941

(0.840, 1.055)

Land slope

0.963

(0.941, 0.986)

0.953

(0.924, 0.983)

0.943

(0.919, 0.967)

< 50 years

      

Population density

1.001

(0.998, 1.003)

1.002

(0.998, 1.005)

1.001

(0.997, 1.005)

No. of intersections

1.002

(0.996, 1.007)

1.000

(0.998, 1.002)

1.000

(1.000, 1.001)

No. of dead-ends

0.990

(0.968, 1.012)

0.995

(0.985, 1.004)

0.999

(0.996, 1.001)

No. of destinations

1.007

(0.988, 1.026)

0.999

(0.992, 1.006)

0.998

(0.996, 1.001)

Parks or green spaces

1.198

(1.011, 1.420)

1.086

(0.942, 1.251)

1.051

(0.931, 1.185)

Schools

0.990

(0.829, 1.181)

1.029

(0.905, 1.170)

0.975

(0.869, 1.094)

Land slope

0.975

(0.942, 1.009)

0.979

(0.938, 1.022)

0.970

(0.932, 1.010)

≥ 50 years

      

Population density

1.005

(1.001, 1.009)

1.005

(1.000, 1.010)

1.007

(1.001, 1.012)

No. of intersections

0.999

(0.992, 1.005)

1.000

(0.998, 1.003)

1.001

(1.000, 1.001)

No. of dead-ends

1.001

(0.975, 1.028)

0.993

(0.982, 1.004)

1.002

(0.999, 1.004)

No. of destinations

1.003

(0.984, 1.023)

1.002

(0.994, 1.010)

1.005

(1.002, 1.008)

Parks or green spaces

1.034

(0.708, 1.509)

1.065

(0.821, 1.381)

1.217

(1.022, 1.450)

Schools

0.976

(0.808, 1.179)

1.029

(0.892, 1.185)

1.041

(0.905, 1.198)

Land slope

0.968

(0.942, 0.995)

0.961

(0.926, 0.997)

0.954

(0.926, 0.984)

  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.