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. 2011 Aug 19;11:657. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-657

Table 4.

Associations between frequency of sports activity and each of the BEs by ordinal logistic regression analysis

r = 250 m r = 500 m r = 1000 m
Independent variables a ORb 95%CI ORb 95%CI ORb 95%CI
Population density 1.004 (1.001, 1.006) 1.004 (1.002, 1.007) 1.005 (1.002, 1.008)
No. of intersections 1.001 (0.997, 1.006) 1.001 (0.999, 1.002) 1.001 (1.000, 1.001)
No. of dead-ends 0.991 (0.975, 1.008) 0.992 (0.985, 0.999) 1.000 (0.998, 1.002)
No. of destinations 1.002 (0.989, 1.015) 1.000 (0.994, 1.005) 1.001 (0.999, 1.003)
Parks or green spaces 1.258 (1.082, 1.462) 1.152 (1.021, 1.300) 1.162 (1.056, 1.280)
Schools 0.967 (0.852, 1.097) 1.008 (0.919, 1.106) 0.992 (0.909, 1.082)
Land slope 0.961 (0.941, 0.981) 0.957 (0.931, 0.983) 0.944 (0.923, 0.967)
(Quartiles)
Population density (Ref. Lowest) Low 1.017 (0.900, 1.150) 0.899 (0.796, 1.015) 1.074 (0.950, 1.215)
High 1.067 (0.945, 1.205) 0.971 (0.861, 1.096) 1.160 (1.027, 1.310)
Highest 1.186 (1.054, 1.335) 1.147 (1.021, 1.29) 1.200 (1.066, 1.351)
No. of intersections (Ref. Lowest) Low 1.052 (0.934, 1.184) 1.075 (0.952, 1.212) 1.233 (1.088, 1.397)
High 1.063 (0.943, 1.198) 0.982 (0.869, 1.108) 1.138 (1.004, 1.290)
Highest 1.034 (0.919, 1.163) 1.089 (0.966, 1.228) 1.191 (1.051, 1.350)
No. of dead-ends (Ref. Lowest) Low 0.880 (0.778, 0.994) 0.896 (0.800, 1.002) 0.929 (0.824, 1.047)
High 0.852 (0.762, 0.952) 0.926 (0.823, 1.041) 0.990 (0.879, 1.116)
Highest 0.954 (0.852, 1.069) 0.884 (0.787, 0.992) 0.999 (0.888, 1.123)
No. of destinations (Ref. Lowest) Low 1.095 (0.984, 1.219) 1.096 (0.972, 1.236) 1.185 (1.049, 1.338)
High 1.097 (0.969, 1.243) 1.101 (0.982, 1.233) 1.069 (0.948, 1.206)
Highest 1.042 (0.919, 1.181) 0.980 (0.872, 1.100) 1.161 (1.033, 1.306)
Land slope (Ref. Lowest) Low 1.129 (1.001, 1.273) 1.026 (0.910, 1.156) 1.059 (0.941, 1.193)
High 1.115 (0.988, 1.258) 1.088 (0.965, 1.227) 1.053 (0.934, 1.187)
Highest 0.948 (0.837, 1.073) 0.933 (0.825, 1.057) 0.840 (0.740, 0.953)

a Each independent variable was included separately.

b Age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, equivalized income, having paid work, SRH, GDS, and IADL were adjusted.