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Table 2 Crude and adjusted associations between built environmental variables and total moderate to vigorous physical activity (average daily minutes of 10-min bouts/day based on accelerometry) (N = 3379)

From: Built environment and physical activity: domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents

Variables

Crude analyses

Adjusted analyses**

β

95%CI

p#

β

95%CI

p#

Population density¥

1.6

0.1; 3.2

0.034

1.3

−0.4; 2.9

0.135*

Population between 16 and 20 years density¥

3.0

1.5; 4.5

<0.001

1.5

−0.1; 3.1

0.060*

Average family income per capita¥

−3.6

−5.1; −2.1

<0.001

−1.8

−3.4; −0.1

0.040*

Connectivity between four or more streets¥

0.3

−1.2; 1.9

0.669

0.8

−0.6; 2.2

0.254

Street lighting proportion¥

0.6

−0.9; 2.2

0.397

2.2

0.5; 3.9

0.013*

Paved streets proportion¥

−2.3

−3.8; −0.8

0.003

−2.1

−3.6; −0.7

0.004*

Sidewalks proportion¥

0.2

−1.3; 1.7

0.795

0.2

--1.2; 1.6

0.749

Trees existence proportion¥

0.4

−1.1; 1.9

0.607

0.6

−0.8; 2.0

0.424

Open sewage proportion¥

2.1

0.6; 3.7

0.006

0.4

−1.0; 1.9

0.546

Spread garbage proportion¥

1.5

−0.1; 3.0

0.059

0.9

−0.6; 2.3

0.234

Public open spaces

−0.7

−1.2; −0.2

0.008

−0.5

−1.0; 0.0

0.053*

Public open spaces with at least on physical activity attribute

−0.4

−1.1; 0.4

0.320

−0.4

−1.1; 0.2

0.190

Public open spaces with at least on physical activity attribute of regular quality

−0.9

−1.8; −0.1

0.036

−0.6

−1.4; 0.2

0.133

Public open spaces with at least on good physical activity attribute

−1.1

−2.2; 0.0

0.056

−0.7

−1.7; 0.4

0.191

Walking paths/trails

−1.0

−1.8; −0.1

0.026

−0.6

−1.3; 0.2

0.170

Football pitches

0.7

0.0; 1.4

0.058

0.0

−0.6; 0.7

0.968

Cycle paths/lanes

−3.2

−5.9; 0.6

0.017

−1.1

−3.6; 1.3

0.374

Gym

−0.7

−1.1; −0.3

0.001

−0.2

−0.7; 0.1

0.185

Beachfront

2.3

−11.4; 15.9

0.745

1.33

−11.3; 14.0

0.836

Total attributes to physical activity practice

−0.4

−0.7; −0.1

0.005

−0.2

−0.5; 0.1

0.142

Lower distance for any physical activity attribute¥

0.3

−1.2; 1.9

0.669

−0.8

−0.6; 2.2

0.254

  1. ¥Standardized variables (transformed into Z-scores)
  2. #Wald test, Multiple Linear Regression
  3. **Adjusted for sex, time living at that address and socioeconomic status
  4. *Additional adjustment – Adjusted for sex, time living at that address and socioeconomic status and other environmental variables associated (p < 0.05) in the first adjusted model