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Table 5 Associations between socioeconomic, health-related and demographic variables and the participation in sPA in winter and summer seasons

From: Seasonality of physical activity and its association with socioeconomic and health factors among urban-dwelling adults of Kaunas, Lithuania

Characteristics

Winter

Summer

Crude OR (95% CI)

aORb (95% CI)

Crude OR (95% CI)

aORb (95% CI)

Socioeconomic variables

 Unemployed (vs workers)

5.72* (3.29–9.95)

2.03 (0.45–9.08)

4.50* (2.95–6.85)

3.14* (1.11–8.87)

 Lower educational level (vs higher)

1.10 (0.68–1.77)

0.58 (0.19–1.74)

1.15 (0.78–1.69)

0.90 (0.41–2.01)

 Income ≤1000 (vs > 1000)

2.10* (1.11–3.97)

2.76 (0.27–27.89)

2.34* (1.34–4.07)

1.28 (0.38–4.39)

 Car disposal (vs no car disposal)

0.11* (0.06–0.21)

0.07* (0.01–0.64)

0.19* (0.12–0.30)

0.21* (0.08–0.60)

Health-related variables

 BMIa

0.96 (0.87–1.06)

0.85* (0.74–0.98)

0.92* (0,86–0.99)

0.86* (0.78–0.95)

 Chronic disease (vs no chronic disease)

1.67* (1.05–2.67)

0.85 (0.21–3.40)

1.29 (0.88–1.90)

0.47 (0.18–1.26)

 Smokers (vs non-smokers)

0.55* (0.31–0.99)

1.54 (0.35–6.79)

0.56* (0.35–0.89)

0.63 (0.21–1.96)

 Alcohol consumption (vs no)

0.60* (0.37–0.96)

0.71 (0.19–2.71)

0.61* (0.41–0.89)

0.59 (0.23–1.49)

Demographic variables

 Age group

 46–64 (vs ≤45)

1.23 (0.64–2.36)

2.81 (0.50–16.22)

1.15 (0.71–1.87)

1.76 (0.55–5.63)

  ≥ 65 (vs ≤45)

4.75* (2.72–8.31)

3.02 (0.39–23.22)

3.03* (1.93–4.77)

1.66 (0.44–6.28)

 Women (vs men)

1.54 (0.94–2.52)

0.85 (0.22–3.31)

0.98 (0.66–1.43)

0.45 (0.19–1.08)

 Single (vs married)

1.38 (0.87–2.21)

1.26 (0.39–4.06)

1.16 (0.79–1.71)

0.53 (0.23–1.21)

 Children (<  18 y)a

0.61* (0.41–0.90)

2.12 (0.74–6.08)

0.57* (0.41–0.79)

0.96 (0.43–2.14)

  1. a continuous variable
  2. b each independent variable is adjusted for all the other independent variables
  3. *p < 0.05