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. 2011 Aug 19;8:90. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-90

Table 4.

Logistic regression models predicting activity status (non-active versus active) from sports club attendance and sedentary activities

Boys (N = 937) Girls (N = 891) Whole sample (N = 1818)
Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
ORa 95%CIb OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI
Level of Education
 Primary Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Middle 1.1 0.6-1.8 1.0 0.6-1.8 0.7 0.5-1.1 0.9 0.6-1.3 0.9 0.6-1.3 1.0 0.7-1.5
 High 0.4 0.2-0.6*** 0.4 0.3-0.6 *** 0.4 0.2-0.6*** 0.5 0.3-0.8** 0.4 0.3-0.5*** 0.5 0.3-0.7***
 Technical 0.4 0.3-0.7 *** 0.5 0.3-0.8 ** 0.3 0.1-0.5 *** 0.4 0.2-0.8** 0.5 0.3-0.7 ** 0.6 0.4-0.9 *
Sports clubs
 < 2 times Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 ≥ 2 times 3.9 3.1-4.9 *** 3.4 2.7-4.2 *** 3.6 2.5-5.1 *** 3.0 2.2-4.2 *** 3.9 3.1-5.0 *** 3.4 2.7-4.4 ***
Television
 > 2 hours Ref. - Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 ≤ 2 hours 0.9 0.7-1.2 1.6 1.2-2.1 ** 1.5 1.1-2.1 ** 1.2 1.0-1.5 1.2 0.9-1.5
Video/DVDs
 > 1 hour Ref. - Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤ 1 hours 1.0 0.8-1.3 1.0 0.7-1.5 1.0 0.8-1.2
Electronic games
 > 1 hour Ref. - Ref. - Ref. Ref.
 ≤ 1 hours 1.0 0.8-1.2 0.9 0.6-1.2 0.8 0.6-0.9 * 0.9 0.7-1.1
Computer
 > 2 hours Ref. - Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤ 2 hours 0.9 0.6-1.2 1.2 0.9-1.7 1.0 0.8-1.3
Homework
 > 1 hour Ref. - Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤ 1 hours 0.7 0.5-1.1 0.9 0.6-1.3 0.9 0.7-1.2
Talking on the phone
 > 1 hour Ref. - Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 ≤ 1 hours 1.2 0.8-1.7 1.4 1.0-2.0 * 1.1 0.8-1.6 1.4 1.0-1.8 * 1.1 0.8-1.5
Listening to Music
 > 1 hour Ref. Ref. Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤ 1 hours 0.8 0.6-1.0 0.6 0.5-0.8 ** 1.0 0.7-1.3 0.9 0.7-1.1
Traveling by car/bus
 > 1 hour Ref. - Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤ 1 hours 1.3 0.8-1.9 1.2 0.8-1.7 1.1 0.8-1.4
Sum of screen based
 > 7 hours Ref. - Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤7 hours 1.0 0.8-1.2 1.2 0.8-1.8 1.0 0.8-1.3
Sum of non screen based
 > 5 hours Ref. - Ref. - Ref. -
 ≤5 hours 0.9 0.6-1.2 1.2 0.9-1.7 1.1 0.8-1.4

aOR = Odds Ratio, bCI = Confidence Interval; Note: Entry level to the logistic regression model was set at p < 0.10; * association at p < 0.05; ** association at p < 0.01; *** association at p < 0.001.