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Table 2 Mean values of Vigorous Physical Activity (VPA) by number of categories of low Socio Economic Position (SEP) and city and results of the linear regression model for VPA with interactions between low SEP and city

From: The association between socioeconomic position and vigorous physical activity among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in six European cities

 

Mean VPA (minutes per day) by number of low SEP categories

Coefficients of the linear regression of low SEP on VPAa

0

1

2

≥3

Intercept (95% CI)

Slope (95% CI)

Namur (BE)

55.2

53.4

49.2

41.7

−11.9

(−15.5, −8.3)

0.7

(−0.6, 2.0)

Tampere (FI)

76.6

66.5

63.2

54.1

9.8

(6.2, 13.5)

−3.3

(−4.8, −1.9)

Hannover (GE)

69.6

63.6

55.0

57.1

2.1

(−1.6, 5.7)

−0.6

(−2.1, 1.0)

Latina (IT)

55.9

51.6

50.6

42.4

−10.2

(− 13.7, −6.6)

1.0

(−0.3, 2.3)

Amersfoort (NL)

83.0

81.2

80.4

70.4

17.4

(13.9, 20.8)

0.7

(−0.7, 2.2)

Coimbra (PT)

58.1

56.1

51.2

50.5

−7.2

(−11.1, −3.3)

1.4

(0.1, 2.8)

Total

67.3

61.8

57.0

50.5

59.3

(57.5, 61.1)

−4.1

(−4.7, −3.5)

  1. VPA Vigorous Physical Activity, SEP Socio Economic Position
  2. aDeviation from means coding was used in the regression model, thus the reference group is the mean of all cities