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Table 1 Correlates of future physical activity and physician visits

From: Fit in 50 years: participation in high school sports best predicts one’s physical activity after Age 70

 

Physical activity

Visits to the physician

Age

.024

.066

Married

.004

-.001

Size town raised

.029

.050

College

-.024

.013

Income

.023

.128**

HMO member

-.047

.014

Varsity sports

.164**

-.085*

Non-smoking vs. light smoking

.082*

-.053

Non-smoking vs. heavy smoking

-.036

.115**

Self-disciplined

-.071

.026

Routine

-.091*

.051

Spontaneous

.077*

.016

Adventurous

.169**

.067

Comfortable taking risks

.081*

.016

High self-worth

-.018

.004

More dominant

.091*

.052

Restless

.095*

.019

Self-centered

.068

.017

  1. *p < .05 **p < .01. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient was used.
  2. Data collected in 2000 in the United States.