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. 2012 Sep 11;9:110. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-110

Table 4.

Associations between country-level environmental characteristics and physical activity, stratified by sex

Environmental factor
Type of activity
OR 95% CI
 
 
Men
Women
    Model 0 Model 1 Model 2 Model 0 Model 1 Model 2
Temperature
Vigorous
1.01
0.98-1.04
0.98
0.95-1.01
0.97
0.94-1.00
1.01
0.97-1.04
0.98
0.95-1.02
0.96
0.93-0.99
 
Moderate
0.99
0.97-1.02
0.99
0.96-1.02
0.97
0.94-0.99
1.00
0.97-1.04
1.00
0.96-1.03
0.98
0.94-1.01
 
Walking
0.97
0.94-1.00
0.97
0.94-1.00
0.95
0.92-0.98
0.93
0.90-0.97
0.94
0.90-0.97
0.92
0.89-0.96
Motor vehicle density
Vigorous
0.88
0.76-1.02
1.02
0.87-1.19


0.82
0.70-0.95
0.94
0.80-1.10
1.28
0.95-1.72
 
Moderate
0.89
0.78-1.02
0.92
0.80-1.05
1.15
0.89-1.50
0.90
0.75-1.07
0.93
0.78-1.11
1.28
0.88-1.85
 
Walking
0.98
0.84-1.15
0.99
0.85-1.16
1.17
0.87-1.58
1.15
0.95-1.40
1.16
0.96-1.40
1.45
1.03-2.04
Rural population
Vigorous
1.08
1.03-1.13
1.03
0.98-1.09
1.05
0.97-1.15
1.11
1.05-1.16
1.06
1.00-1.11
1.06
0.97-1.14
 
Moderate
1.06
1.02-1.11
1.05
1.01-1.10
1.05
0.98-1.12
1.08
1.02-1.14
1.06
1.00-1.13
1.07
0.97-1.18
 
Walking
1.01
0.96-1.07
1.01
0.95-1.07
0.99
0.91-1.07
0.97
0.90-1.04
0.97
0.90-1.04
0.98
0.89-1.07
GDP
Vigorous
0.78
0.67-0.92
0.93
0.78-1.11
0.85
0.70-1.04
0.70
0.60-0.83
0.84
0.70-1.00
0.76
0.63-0.91
 
Moderate
0.80
0.69-0.94
0.83
0.71-0.97
0.76
0.65-0.89
0.80
0.65-0.98
0.84
0.68-1.03
0.79
0.63-0.98
 
Walking
0.89
0.74-1.07
0.91
0.76-1.09
0.79
0.66-0.94
1.01
0.80-1.28
1.03
0.82-1.30
0.84
0.68-1.03
Governance indicator
Vigorous
0.79
0.59-1.08
0.99
0.72-1.36
1.21
0.77-1.92
0.69
0.49-0.95
0.85
0.61-1.16
1.16
0.75-1.80
 
Moderate
0.76
0.57-1.01
0.79
0.60-1.04
1.08
0.74-1.57
0.77
0.53-1.11
0.81
0.56-1.16
1.07
0.63-1.84
 
Walking
0.77
0.56-1.06
0.80
0.58-1.09
0.84
0.55-1.29
0.91
0.61-1.38
0.93
0.62-1.40
0.83
0.50-1.39
Literacy rate
Vigorous
0.97
0.91-1.02
1.02
0.97-1.09


0.94
0.88-0.99
0.99
0.93-1.05
1.02
0.94-1.09
 
Moderate
0.98
0.93-1.03
0.99
0.94-1.04
1.02
0.96-1.09
0.98
0.91-1.05
0.99
0.93-1.06
1.04
0.95-1.14
 
Walking
0.99
0.94-1.05
1.00
0.94-1.06
0.98
0.91-1.05
1.05
0.97-1.13
1.05
0.97-1.13
0.99
0.91-1.09
SIGI
Vigorous
0.96
0.75-1.22
1.08
0.85-1.39
1.10
0.85-1.44
0.86
0.66-1.12
0.99
0.77-1.27
1.05
0.81-1.35
 
Moderate
0.99
0.79-1.25
1.01
0.81-1.27
1.07
0.86-1.33
1.04
0.77-1.39
1.08
0.81-1.44
1.20
0.88-1.62
  Walking 1.10 0.85-1.41 1.11 0.86-1.42 1.09 0.85-1.39 1.39 1.02-1.88 1.38 1.02-1.85 1.25 0.94-1.66

Model 0 corrects only for age, Model 1 corrects for age, educational attainment and occupational class and Model 2 corrects for age, educational attainment and occupational class on the individual level and average yearly temperature and GDP on the country-level (except in the model where these were included as determinant).

†: Model could not be fitted, due to lack of convergence.