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Table 7 Relationship between rate of regular 1 participation in particular types of physical activity and ARIA+ remoteness category

From: Participation in sport and physical activity: associations with socio-economic status and geographical remoteness

  

Relationship with ARIA+ category

 

Physical activity2

n

Positive linear

Negative linear

Non- linear3

p-value4

Aerobics/Fitness

5,070

 

*

 

0.001

Australian Rules Football

712

  

*

0.013

Basketball

747

  

*

<0.001

Bush Walking

1,040

*

  

<0.001

Cycling

2,562

   

0.012

Fishing

481

*

  

0.014

Hockey (indoor)

33

  

*

0.004

Ice/Snow Sports

273

   

0.023

Motor Sports

290

  

*

<0.001

Orienteering

156

  

*

0.001

Shooting Sports

165

*

 

*

0.003

Squash/Racquetball

296

*

 

*

0.004

Swimming

2,799

*

  

0.001

Table Tennis

120

 

*

 

0.046

Touch Football

597

 

*

*

<0.001

  1. 1Twelve times or more v fewer than 12 times in past 12 months.
  2. 2For the remaining 80 types of physical activity, either there was no significant relationship between ARIA+ category and the rate of regular participation, or the sample size was too small for valid statistical analysis.
  3. 3Second order (quadratic) relationship.
  4. 4Logistic regression likelihood ratio test.