Skip to main content

Table 4 Predictors of a minute of adolescent time being in moderate-to-vigorous or sedentary time

From: Adolescents’ use of the built environment for physical activity

 

MVPA

Sedentary Time

Predictors

OR

95% CI

p-valuea

OR

95% CI

p-valuea

Location

      

Home

Ref

  

Ref

  

School

1.73

1.37-2.19

<0.0001

1.64

1.51-1.79

<0.0001

Street/Sidewalk

6.75

4.72-9.64

<0.0001

1.82

1.61-2.05

<0.0001

Playground

8.26

4.81-14.19

<0.0001

1.19

0.96-1.48

0.12

Park

4.86

3.03-7.78

<0.0001

1.25

1.07-1.46

0.006

Other

2.94

2.22-3.89

<0.0001

1.35

1.26-1.45

<0.0001

Race/Ethnicity

      

White

Ref

  

Ref

  

Black

1.57

1.03-2.39

0.03

0.88

0.73-1.04

0.14

Hispanic

1.10

0.75-1.61

0.64

0.95

0.81-1.10

0.48

Gender

      

Female

Ref

  

Ref

  

Male

1.57

1.19-2.06

0.001

1.02

0.91-1.13

0.77

  1. MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference group. Models are adjusted for age, weight status, town, temperature, and weather.
  2. aGeneralized estimating equation logistic regression.
Back to article page

BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us