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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Saude Publica. 2008 Dec;42(Suppl 2):70–77. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89102008000900010

Table 3.

Crude and adjusted analyses of the association between independent variables and leisure-time sedentary lifestyle among men. Pelotas, Southern Brazil, 1982 to 2004-5

Variable Crude analysis Adjusted analysis*
PR 95% CI p-value PR 95% CI p-value
Skin color 0.02** 0.01**
  White 1 - 1 -
  Black or Mixed 0.87 0.78;0.98 0.84 0.75;0.94
Family income in 1982 (MW) 0.02*** 0.02***
  ≤1.0 1.18 0.94;1.50 1.26 1.00;1.59
  1.1-3.0 1.25 1.00;1.45 1.29 1.04;1.61
  3.1-6.0 1.15 0.91;1.45 1.16 0.92;1.47
  6.1-10.0 0.96 0.72;1.30 0.97 0.72;1.30
  >10.0 1 - 1 -
Income change (1982 → 2004-5) <0.001** <0.001**
  Always poor 1.12 1.00;1.27 1.19 1.05;1.35
  Non-poor → poor 1.31 1.18;1.46 1.32 1.19;1.47
  Poor → non-poor 1.01 0.89;1.14 1.07 0.94;1.22
  Never poor 1 - 1 -
Birth weight (grams) 0.81*** 0.76***
  <2500 0.96 0.75;1.21 0.95 0.75;1.21
  2500-2999 1.08 0.90;1.29 1.08 0.90;1.29
  3000-3499 0.96 0.80;1.14 0.95 0.80;1.13
  3500-3999 1.06 0.89;1.27 1.06 0.89;1.27
  ≥4000 1 - 1 -

MW: Minimum wages

*

Variables at the first level (skin color and family income in 1982) were adjusted for and included in the analysis if p<0.2. Income change was adjusted for skin color. Birth weight was adjusted for skin color and family income in 1982

**

Wald test for heterogeneity

***

Wald test for linear trend