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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2011 Winter;21(1):63–67.

Table 3.

Factors Associated with Leisure-time Physical Activity in Past Month

Men (n=297) Women (n=510)

OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Importance to exercise personally
Very important 4.93 (0.39, 61.46) 7.49 (2.33, 24.11)
Somewhat important 2.53 (0.19, 33.25) 5.57 (1.65, 18.78)
Not very important 0.39 (0.03, 5.98) 2.23 (0.55, 9.07)
Unimportant 1.00 1.00
Exercise is necessary to be healthy
Yes 2.79 (1.18, 6.62) 2.86 (1.52, 5.39)
No 1.00 1.00
Described Weight
Underweight - 1.22 (0.25, 5.90)
Average weight - 2.17 (1.25, 3.75)
Overweight - 1.00
Education Level
College Grad - 9.59 (3.62, 25.43)
High School Grad - 2.44 (1.20, 4.97)
< High School - 1.00

Variables were not retained in the model using logistic regression analysis.