Table 3.
Odds ratiosa (OR) of practicing main recreational physical activities based on selected land characteristics based on a 500 m buffer among Sister Study participants by area of residency at baseline
| Land cover characteristic |
Walking OR (95% CI) |
Exerciseb OR (95% CI) |
Sports OR (95% CI) |
Bicycling OR (95% CI) |
Running OR (95% CI) |
Gardening OR (95% CI) |
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| Urban / Suburban areas | ||||||
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| G1 | ||||||
| Lowest tertile | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Middle tertile | 1.12 (1.06,1.18) | 1.07 (1.02,1.13) | 1.04 (0.95,1.13) | 0.85 (0.77,0.95) | 1.01 (0.90,1.13) | 1.15 (0.95,1.40) |
| Upper tertile G2 | 1.04 (0.98,1.11) | 1.13 (1.06,1.20) | 1.24 (1.12,1.37) | 0.73 (0.65,0.83) | 1.084 (0.95,1.23)) | 1.33 (1.07,1.65) |
| Lowest tertile | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Middle tertile | 1.10 (1.04,1.17) | 1.06 (1.00,1.12) | 1.23 (1.12,1.35) | 0.97 (0.87,1.08) | 1.04 (0.92,1.17) | 1.11 (0.91,1.36) |
| Upper tertile Impervious | 1.14 (1.07,1.22) | 1.22 (1.14,1.30) | 1.42 (1.28,1.57) | 0.78 (0.68,0.88) | 1.26 (1.10,1.43) | 1.33 (1.07,1.66) |
| Lowest tertile | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Middle tertile | 0.98 (0.91,1.06) | 0.96 (0.89,1.03) | 0.86 (0.78,0.96) | 1.02 (0.89,1.18) | 0.88 (0.76,1.01) | 0.91 (0.71,1.16) |
| Upper tertile | 0.93 (0.86,1.00) | 0.84 (0.78,0.90) | 0.69 (0.61,0.77) | 1.05 (0.91,1.22) | 0.79 (0.68,0.92) | 0.79 (0.61,1.02) |
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| Rural areas / Small towns | ||||||
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| G1 | ||||||
| Lowest tertile | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Middle tertile | 0.96 (0.88,1.05) | 1.05 (0.97,1.14) | 0.92 (0.80,1.05) | 0.74 (0.63,0.86) | 1.20 (0.97,1.49) | 1.01 (0.78,1.30) |
| Upper tertile | 0.99 (0.91,1.07) | 1.05 (0.97,1.13) | 0.95 (0.84,1.08) | 0.65 (0.57,0.75) | 1.36 (1.12,1.66) | 1.33 (1.06,1.67) |
| G2 | ||||||
| Lowest tertile | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Middle tertile | 1.06 (0.98,1.15) | 1.10 (1.02,1.20) | 1.18 (1.04,1.35) | 0.86 (0.74,0.99) | 1.19 (0.97,1.44) | 1.08 (0.85,1.36) |
| Upper tertile | 1.09 (1.01,1.18) | 1.17 (1.08,1.26) | 1.22 (1.08,1.39) | 0.78 (0.68,0.90) | 1.32 (1.09,1.59) | 1.30 (1.04,1.62) |
| Impervious Lowest tertile | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Middle tertile | 1.05 (0.98,1.12) | 1.14 (1.06,1.22) | 0.99 (0.89,1.10) | 1.19 (1.05,1.35) | 1.07 (0.91,1.24) | 0.70 (0.57,0.85) |
| Upper tertile | 1.01 (0.93,1.10) | 1.01 (0.93,1.10) | 0.93 (0.81,1.07) | 1.24 (1.06,1.45) | 0.88 (0.71,1.08) | 0.53 (0.40,0.69) |
a
Those who report practicing each physical activity (Yes , 1, No , 0). Odds ratio adjusted for age, ethnicity, marital status, population of census tract, and census area. n G1 lowest = 16598, Middle = 16521, Upper = 16528; G2 lowest = 16561, Middle = 16550, Upper = 16536; impervious lowest = 16459, Middle = 16459, Upper = 16459.
b
Conditioning exercise