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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2011 Aug 2;9(6):829–839. doi: 10.1123/jpah.9.6.829

Table 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (ORs) for participation in high levels of physical activity in school and community settings in Mexican-origin adolescent girls (n=503)*

MVPA ≥ 60 min, 4 or more days per week Vigorous PA ≥ 20 min, 3 or more days per week Participation in community team sports

School Community School Community

OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Sociodemographic
Country of birth
 Mexico 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
 United States 1.02 (0.62, 1.72) 0.61 (0.35, 1.07) 1.25 (0.78, 2.00) 1.01 (0.63, 1.63) 0.70 (0.43, 1.12)
Acculturation score 1.29 (0.91, 1.83) 1.17 (0.79, 1.73) 1.21 (0.88, 1.67) 1.13 (0.81, 1.56) 0.92 (0.66, 1.28)
Parent country of birth
 Mexico 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
 United States 0.87 (0.41, 1.85) 1.41 (0.61, 3.27) 1.11 (0.55, 2.25) 0.68 (0.33, 1.39) 1.01 (0.48, 2.10)
Parent acculturation score 1.17 (0.85, 1.60) 1.02 (0.71, 1.46) 0.96 (0.71, 1.29) 1.15 (0.85, 1.55) 1.19 (0.87, 1.61)
Parent education
 Less than high school 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
 High school graduate 0.67 (0.37, 1.21) 1.33 (0.71, 2.46) 0.81 (0.47, 1.37) 0.81 (0.47, 1.40) 0.80 (0.46, 1.40)
 More than high school 0.81 (0.43, 1.50) 0.76 (0.37, 1.58) 0.88 (0.50, 1.57) 0.95 (0.53, 1.69) 0.71 (0.39, 1.29)
Adolescent BMI
 Normal and underweight (BMI<85th percentile) 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
 Overweight (85th≤BMI<95th percentile) 1.00 (0.58, 1.72) 1.13 (0.63, 2.04) 1.13 (0.69, 1.84) 1.52 (0.93, 2.48) 1.81a (1.10, 2.96)
 Obese (BMI≥95th percentile) 1.40 (0.87, 2.26) 0.92 (0.52, 1.61) 1.37 (0.88, 2.13) 1.42 (0.90, 2.23) 1.25 (0.78, 2.00)
School PE
 0 days 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
 1–4 days/week 1.37 (0.72, 2.64) 1.06 (0.52, 2.15) 1.75 (0.96, 3.18) 1.13 (0.63, 2.02) 1.70 (0.89, 3.25)
 5 days/week 3.64c (1.83, 7.21) 2.53a (1.21, 5.29) 3.47c (1.82, 6.63) 1.83 (0.97, 3.44) 2.55b (1.28, 5.09)
Weekday TV viewing >2 hrs 0.49b (0.31, 0.78) 0.70 (0.42, 1.19) 0.62a (0.40, 0.96) 0.53b (0.35, 0.81) 0.68 (0.44, 1.07)
*

Adjusted for all variables in the table a well as age and interview season

a

p<0.05;

b

p<0.01;

c

p<0.001