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Table 6 Odds of adolescents being defined as physically inactive1 compared to previous survey year

From: Trends in physical activity and inactivity amongst US 14–18 year olds by gender, school grade and race, 1993–2003: evidence from the youth risk behavior survey

 

Weighted percentage (95% CI)2

 

1995 cf 1993

1997 cf 1995

1999 cf 1997

2001 cf 1999

2003 cf 2001

All

1.03 (0.85 to 1.24)

1.12 (0.91 to 1.38)

0.90 (0.76 to 1.06)

0.98 (0.85 to 1.13)

1.19 (1.01 to 1.41)*

Gender

   Girls

1.08 (0.84 to 1.38)

1.13 (0.85 to 1.51)

0.82 (0.65 to 1.03)

0.95 (0.79 to 1.15)

1.14 (0.93 to 1.40)

   Boys

0.96 (0.81 to 1.14)

1.18 (1.00 to 1.38)

0.93 (0.74 to 1.17)

1.00 (0.79 to 1.25)

1.35 (1.11 to 1.63)

School grade

   9

1.34 (1.00 to 1.78)*

1.09 (0.81 to 1.47)

0.89 (0.66 to 1.20)

0.92 (0.69 to 1.22)

1.36 (1.06 to 1.73)

   10

0.89 (0.67 to 1.16)

1.46 (1.11 to 1.91)*

0.90 (0.66 to 1.21)

0.92 (0.68 to 1.22)

1.25 (1.-2 to 1.53)*

   11

1.11 (0.81 to 1.53)

0.95 (0.67 to 1.34)

1.10 (0.85 to 1.42)

0.98 (0.79 to 1.21)

1.08 (0.88 to 1.34)

   12

0.93 (0.71 to 1.21)

1.09 (0.78 to 1.51)

0.84 (0.62 to 1.15)

1.11 (0.87 to 1.42)

1.15 (0.89 to 1.47)

Race

   NHW 3

0.93 (0.75 to 1.15)

1.16 (0.90 to 1.51)

0.93 (0.75 to 1.15)

1.01 (0.86 to 1.18)

1.19 (0.94 to 1.51)

   Black 4

1.16 (0.95 to 1.43)

1.05 (0.83 to 1.34)

0.92 (0.65 to 1.30)

0.76 (0.55 to 1.06)

1.27 (1.03 to 1.55)

   HW 5

1.25 (0.94 to 1.65)

0.82 (0.59 to 1.13)

1.03 (0.76 to 1.40)

1.02 (0.79 to 1.31)

1.14 (0.95 to 1.37)

   Other

1.10 (0.66 to 1.81)

1.33 (0.79 to 2.25)

0.67 (0.45 to 0.99)*

1.23 (0.88 to 1.72)

1.05 (0.81 to 1.37)

  1. 1 reported "exercise or sports activities that make you sweat and breathe hard for 20 minutes or more" on no days in last week; 295% confidence intervals; 3non-Hispanic white; 4black or African-American; 5Hispanic white
  2. *p < 0.05