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. 2012 May 25;16(1):65–72. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012002844

Table 3.

Correlates of domain-specific physical inactivity in Omani women (n 744), Sur Healthy Lifestyle Survey, 2006

Work Transport Leisure
n (inactive) OR 95 % CI n (inactive) OR 95 % CI n (inactive) OR 95 % CI
Age
20–29 years (n 266) 40 1·00 Ref. 106 1·00 Ref. 162 1·00 Ref.
30–39 years (n 272) 40 1·09 0·63, 1·88 88 0·77 0·52, 1·16 169 1·09 0·73, 1·65
≥40 years (n 206) 57 2·29* 1·14, 4·58 62 0·91 0·52, 1·59 149 1·56 0·86, 2·82
P for trend 0·03 0·44 0·32
Education
Less than secondary (n 321) 71 1·00 Ref. 96 1·00 Ref. 225 1·00 Ref.
Secondary (n 157) 34 1·64 0·77, 3·50 49 0·97 0·53, 1·76 99 1·37 0·73, 2·55
Post-secondary (n 266) 32 1·25 0·49, 3·17 111 1·55 0·81, 2·98 156 1·25 0·63, 2·48
P for trend 0·39 0·24 0·62
Work status
Employed (n 310) 37 1·00 Ref. 121 1·00 Ref. 178 1·00 Ref.
Not employed (n 434) 100 1·71 0·88, 3·35 135 1·01 0·60, 1·70 302 1·84* 1·08, 3·13
Marital status
Not married (n 315) 61 1·00 Ref. 110 1·00 Ref. 195 1·00 Ref.
Married (n 429) 76 0·67 0·43, 1·04 146 1·26 0·87, 1·82 285 1·13 0·78, 1·64
Fruit and vegetable intake
<2 servings/d (n 361) 73 1·00 Ref. 105 1·00 Ref. 254 1·00 Ref.
≥2 servings/d (n 383) 64 0·91 0·59, 1·39 151 1·31 0·92, 1·85 226 0·63* 0·45, 0·90
BMI (kg/m2) 1·01 0·99, 1·04 0·99 0·97, 1·02 1·00 0·97, 1·03

Ref., referent category.

*

P < 0·05.

Odds ratio and 95 % confidence intervals from logistic regression models, adjusted for all other variables in the table, weighted to the Sur City population, 2003. All n values presented are unweighted n within the sample.

Participants classified as ‘inactive’ according to domain as follows: work, lowest quartile; transport and leisure, no physical activity.