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

Table 7.

Associations between frequency of sports activity and the BE stratified by gender, location, and years of residence

r = 250 m r = 500 m r = 1000 m
Independent variables a ORb 95%CI ORb 95%CI ORb 95%CI
Male
Population density 1.005 (1.002, 1.009) 1.007 (1.003, 1.010) 1.008 (1.003, 1.012)
No. of intersections 1.003 (0.997, 1.008) 1.001 (0.999, 1.003) 1.001 (1.000, 1.002)
No. of dead-ends 0.999 (0.976, 1.022) 0.993 (0.984, 1.003) 1.000 (0.998, 1.003)
No. of destinations 1.009 (0.991, 1.028) 0.997 (0.989, 1.005) 1.002 (0.999, 1.004)
Parks or green spaces 1.336 (1.089, 1.640) 1.253 (1.064, 1.476) 1.233 (1.081, 1.407)
Schools 0.854 (0.711, 1.024) 0.964 (0.846, 1.098) 0.972 (0.862, 1.096)
Land slope 0.943 (0.915, 0.972) 0.945 (0.909, 0.982) 0.924 (0.893, 0.956)
Female
Population density 1.001 (0.998, 1.005) 1.002 (0.998, 1.006) 1.003 (0.998, 1.007)
No. of intersections 1.000 (0.994, 1.006) 1.000 (0.998, 1.003) 1.000 (1.000, 1.001)
No. of dead-ends 0.982 (0.959, 1.006) 0.990 (0.980, 1.000) 0.999 (0.997, 1.002)
No. of destinations 0.993 (0.974, 1.012) 1.002 (0.995, 1.010) 1.001 (0.998, 1.003)
Parks or green spaces 1.172 (0.937, 1.464) 1.033 (0.862, 1.238) 1.083 (0.939, 1.249)
Schools 1.092 (0.916, 1.301) 1.060 (0.928, 1.210) 1.019 (0.898, 1.157)
Land slope 0.979 (0.952, 1.008) 0.971 (0.935, 1.009) 0.964 (0.934, 0.995)
North
Population density 1.001 (0.998, 1.004) 1.003 (0.999, 1.006) 1.001 (0.997, 1.006)
No. of intersections 1.007 (1.001, 1.013) 1.001 (0.998, 1.003) 1.000 (0.999, 1.001)
No. of dead-ends 0.987 (0.957, 1.019) 0.994 (0.979, 1.009) 0.998 (0.995, 1.002)
No. of destinations 1.017 (0.998, 1.035) 1.004 (0.996, 1.011) 1.000 (0.998, 1.003)
Parks or green spaces 1.138 (0.970, 1.336) 1.024 (0.893, 1.174) 1.007 (0.884, 1.147)
Schools 0.975 (0.809, 1.175) 0.999 (0.874, 1.143) 0.920 (0.783, 1.081)
Land slope 0.954 (0.907, 1.003) 0.968 (0.911, 1.029) 1.041 (0.965, 1.123)
South
Population density 1.004 (1.000, 1.008) 1.005 (1.000, 1.009) 1.008 (1.003, 1.012)
No. of intersections 0.995 (0.989, 1.001) 1.000 (0.998, 1.002) 1.001 (1.000, 1.001)
No. of dead-ends 1.004 (0.984, 1.025) 0.998 (0.989, 1.007) 1.002 (1.000, 1.004)
No. of destinations 0.989 (0.970, 1.008) 0.996 (0.988, 1.004) 1.001 (0.999, 1.004)
Parks or green spaces
Schools 0.951 (0.799, 1.132) 0.977 (0.857, 1.115) 0.941 (0.840, 1.055)
Land slope 0.963 (0.941, 0.986) 0.953 (0.924, 0.983) 0.943 (0.919, 0.967)
< 50 years
Population density 1.001 (0.998, 1.003) 1.002 (0.998, 1.005) 1.001 (0.997, 1.005)
No. of intersections 1.002 (0.996, 1.007) 1.000 (0.998, 1.002) 1.000 (1.000, 1.001)
No. of dead-ends 0.990 (0.968, 1.012) 0.995 (0.985, 1.004) 0.999 (0.996, 1.001)
No. of destinations 1.007 (0.988, 1.026) 0.999 (0.992, 1.006) 0.998 (0.996, 1.001)
Parks or green spaces 1.198 (1.011, 1.420) 1.086 (0.942, 1.251) 1.051 (0.931, 1.185)
Schools 0.990 (0.829, 1.181) 1.029 (0.905, 1.170) 0.975 (0.869, 1.094)
Land slope 0.975 (0.942, 1.009) 0.979 (0.938, 1.022) 0.970 (0.932, 1.010)
≥ 50 years
Population density 1.005 (1.001, 1.009) 1.005 (1.000, 1.010) 1.007 (1.001, 1.012)
No. of intersections 0.999 (0.992, 1.005) 1.000 (0.998, 1.003) 1.001 (1.000, 1.001)
No. of dead-ends 1.001 (0.975, 1.028) 0.993 (0.982, 1.004) 1.002 (0.999, 1.004)
No. of destinations 1.003 (0.984, 1.023) 1.002 (0.994, 1.010) 1.005 (1.002, 1.008)
Parks or green spaces 1.034 (0.708, 1.509) 1.065 (0.821, 1.381) 1.217 (1.022, 1.450)
Schools 0.976 (0.808, 1.179) 1.029 (0.892, 1.185) 1.041 (0.905, 1.198)
Land slope 0.968 (0.942, 0.995) 0.961 (0.926, 0.997) 0.954 (0.926, 0.984)

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.