Experimenting with cigarettes and physical activity among Mexican origin youth: a cross sectional analysis of the interdependent associations among sensation seeking, acculturation, and gender

Table 5 Logistic regression for physical activity by acculturation

	Lowest acculturation N = 338			Medium acculturation N = 429			Highest acculturation N = 309
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Demographic factors
Age	0.95	0.75–1.21	0.661	0.85	0.67–1.07	0.158	1.03	0.80–1.32	0.820
Country of Birth	0.86	0.52–1.41	0.545	0.82	0.49–1.38	0.457	1.13	0.52–2.48	0.755
Gender	2.38	1.40–4.05	0.001	1.82	1.13–2.94	0.013	1.40	0.83–2.36	0.212
Parental Education	1.23	0.87–174	0.248	1.02	0.76–1.36	0.914	1.10	0.83–1.48	0.508
Sensation seeking subscales
Thrill & Adventure Seeking	1.18	1.07–1.31	0.001	1.02	0.94–1.11	0.659	1.10	1.00–1.21	0.051
Social Disinhibition	0.95	0.81–1.13	0.568	1.10	0.94–1.28	0.244	1.17	0.99–1.40	0.072
Drug & Alcohol Attitudes	0.96	0.79–1.18	0.713	0.92	0.77–1.09	0.313	0.95	0.81–1.11	0.532

Note: Female served as the reference category for gender. Born in Mexico served as the reference category for country of birth. Age was entered as a continuous variable. The highest level of education served as the reference category for parental educational attainment.

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