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

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Crude and adjusted associations between built environmental variables and leisure moderate to vigorous physical activity practice (none vs. some; N = 3379)

Variables	Crude analyses			Adjusted analyses**
Variables	OR	95%CI	p^#	OR	95%CI	p^#
Population density^¥	0.96	0.89; 1.02	0.202	0.96	0.89; 1.03	0.268
Population between 16 and 20 years density^¥	0.91	0.85. 0.97	0.006	0.95	0.88; 1.03	0.210*
Average family income per capita^¥	1.14	1.06; 1.22	<0.001	1.06	0.98; 1.15	0.168
Street lighting proportion^¥	1.06	0.99; 1.14	0.071	1.04	0.96; 1.12	0.318
Paved streets proportion^¥	0.99	0.92; 1.06	0.719	0.98	0.91; 1.02	0.576
Sidewalks proportion^¥	0.97	0.91; 1.04	0.395	0.97	0.90; 1.05	0.473
Trees existence proportion^¥	1.04	0.97; 1.11	0.321	1.02	0.94; 1.10	0.618
Open sewage proportion^¥	0.91	0.84; 0.97	0.006	0.98	0.90; 1.06	0.562
Spread garbage proportion^¥	1.05	0.98; 1.12	0.145	1.08	0.99; 1.17	0.050*
Public open spaces	1.03	1.01; 1.06	0.009	1.01	0.99; 1.04	0.395
Public open spaces with at least on physical activity attribute	1.01	0.97; 1.04	0.753	0.99	0.95; 1.03	0.526
Public open spaces with at least on physical activity attribute of regular quality	1.04	1.00; 1.09	0.051	1.00	0.96; 1.05	0.842
Public open spaces with at least on good physical activity attribute	1.04	0.99; 1.09	0.173	0.99	0.94; 1.05	0.789
Walking paths/trails	1.03	0.99; 1.07	0.148	1.00	0.95; 1.04	0.837
Football pitches	0.98	0.95; 1.01	0.155	0.99	0.95; 1.02	0.481
Cycle paths/lanes	1.10	0.98; 1.25	0.114	0.98	0.86; 1.13	0.829
Gym	1.03	1.01; 1.05	0.002	1.02	0.99; 1.04	0.173
Beachfront	3.38	1.50; 7.63	0.003	3.31	1.37; 8.02	0.008*
Total attributes to physical activity practice	1.02	1.01; 1.03	0.006	1.01	0.99; 1.02	0.462
Lower distance for any physical activity attribute^¥	0.98	0.92; 1.05	0.616		0.98	0.91; 1.06	0.586

^¥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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