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. 2012 Mar 27;9:32. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-32

Table 3.

Significance of interactions between environmental variables, and gender and neighborhood socioeconomic status by binary logistic model

Overweight

Interaction terms with gender and neighborhood SES

Gender Neighborhood SES

OR† (95% C.I) OR† (95% C.I)
Residential density (low) 1.71 (1.02- 2.86)* 1.07 (0.37- 3.12)
Access to commercial places (Disagree) 1.42 (0.74- 2.74) 1.25 (0.61- 2.58)
Access to non-residential places (Disagree) 1.35 (0.59- 3.04) 0.67 (0.28- 1.57)
Access to public transport (Disagree) 0.95 (0.49- 1.85) 0.72 (0.35- 1.51)
Presence of recreational centers (Disagree) 0.67 (0.33- 1.37) 1.98 (0.86- 4.55)
Presence of pedestrian pathways (Disagree) 0.89 (0.46- 1.75) 1.98 (0.92- 4.05)
Maintenance of pathways (Poor) 3.08 (1.26- 7.49)* 1.72 (0.54- 5.49)
Presence of beautiful things (Disagree) 1.81 (1.05- 3.13)* 1.29 (1.02- 2.86)*
Absence of unattended animals (Disagree) 1.23 (0.68- 2.25) 0.89 (0.49- 1.65)
Absence of garbages and foul odors (Disagree) 0.92 (0.49- 1.71) 2.12 (0.83- 5.39)
Seeing people active (Disagree) 0.74 (0.34- 1.58) 0.54 (0.19- 1.46)
Connectivity of street (Poor) 1.79 (0.88- 3.65) 0.78 (0.42- 1.83)
Traffic safety for bicycling (Not safe) 1.13 (0.51- 2.55) 0.99 (0.45- 2.20)
Traffic safety for walking (Not safe) 2.19 (1.22- 3.93)* 1.66 (0.87- 2.71)
Crime Safety during the day (Not safe) 1.08 0.55- 2.12) 0.66 (0.24- 1.83)
Crime safety at night (Not safe) 1.18 (0.69- 2.04) 2.35 (1.66- 4.24)*

OR_ odds ratio' *_ statistically significant (p < 0.05)

†_ Adjusted for age, neighborhood location, marital status, ethnic group, employment status, and education

†_ Adjusted for age, gender, marital status, ethnic group, employment status, and education