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

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Crude and Adjusted associations between built environmental variables and leisure walking practice for leisure (none vs. some; N = 3379)

Variables	Crude analyses			Adjusted analyses**
Variables	OR	95%CI	p^#	OR	95%CI	p^#
Population density^¥	1.02	0.95; 1.10	0.525	1.02	0.95; 1.09	0.613
Population between 16 and 20 years density^¥	0.99	0.92; 1.06	0.779	0.99	0.92; 1.07	0.868
Average family income per capita^¥	1.07	1.00; 1.15	0.050	1.04	0.97; 1.13	0.282
Street lighting proportion^¥	1.10	1.02; 1.19	0.013	1.00	0.87; 1.14	0.967*
Paved streets proportion^¥	1.01	0.94; 1.08	0.842	1.00	0.93; 1.08	0.963
Sidewalks proportion^¥	1.01	0.94; 1.09	0.775	1.01	0.94; 1.08	0.812
Trees existence proportion^¥	1.11	1.03; 1.20	0.006	1.11	0.97; 1.26	0.132*
Open sewage proportion^¥	0.96	0.89; 1.03	0.227	0.98	0.90; 1.05	0.524
Spread garbage proportion^¥	0.99	0.93; 1.07	0.881	1.00	0.93; 1.07	0.971
Public open spaces	1.00	0.97; 1.02	0.899	0.99	0.97; 1.02	0.593
Walking paths/trails	1.00	0.96; 1.04	0.854	1.00	0.96; 1.04	0.842
Gym	0.99	0.97; 1.01	0.405	0.98	0.96; 1.00	0.125
Beachfront	1.60	0.85; 2.92	0.145	1.62	0.87; 3.01	0.127
Lower distance for any physical activity attribute^¥	0.98	0.91; 1.05	0.508	0.99	0.92; 1.07	0.793

^¥Standardized variables (transformed into Z-scores)
^#Wald test, Multiple Logistic Regression
**Adjusted for sex, time living at that address and socioeconomic status
*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

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