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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Oct 8;114(2):257–265. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.07.025

Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariate regression estimates of behavioral determinants on physical activity and dietary habits among low-income, obese, adult, Latino immigrantsa

Determinant variable All (n=207)
Male (n=48)
Female (n=159)
β coefficient SEa P value β coefficient SE P value β coefficient SE P value
log (steps per day)
Bivariate model
Sex −.20* 0.08* 0.01*
Education level −.02 0.03 0.59 −.17* 0.06* 0.01* .03 0.03 0.42
Depressive symptoms −.02* 0.01* 0.01* −.02 0.01 0.11 −.01 0.01 0.09
Community resource .22* 0.11* 0.05* .02 0.12 0.85 .28* 0.14* 0.04*
US residence (years) −.01* 0.00* 0.03* .00 0.01 0.43 −.01* 0.00* 0.02*
Multivariate modelb
Sex −.40* 0.10* <0.01*
Education level −.36* 0.13* <0.01* −.18* 0.06* <0.01* .01 0.03 0.67
Depressive symptoms −.02* 0.01* 0.03* −.02 0.01 0.07 −.01 0.01 0.12
Community resource .21* 0.11* 0.05* .12 0.13 0.36 .25* 0.13* 0.05*
US residence (years) −.01* 0.00* 0.03* .00 0.01 0.73 −.01* 0.00* 0.03*
Sex and education .19* 0.07* <0.01*
fruits and vegetables (servings/d)
Bivariate model
Sex .39 0.58 0.51
Education level −.05 0.20 0.80 −.01 0.41 0.99 −.04 0.22 0.87
Depressive symptoms −.07 0.05 0.16 −.20 0.10 0.05 −.05 0.06 0.38
Community resource 1.39* 0.62* 0.03* .50 1.02 0.63 1.82* 0.76* 0.02*
Food security −.16 0.12 0.21 −.17 0.29 0.56 −.17 0.14 0.22
US residence (years) −.01 0.02 0.63 .05 0.05 0.26 −.03 0.03 0.18
Multivariate modelb
Sex .61 0.59 0.30
Education level −.08 0.20 0.69 −.07 0.43 0.87 −.17 0.24 0.47
Depressive symptoms −.05 0.05 0.34 −.21 0.11 0.07 −.01 0.06 0.87
Community resource 1.24* 0.63* 0.05* .83 1.15 0.47 1.68* 0.75* 0.03*
Food security −.12 0.14 0.40 .92 0.33 0.80 −.17 0.15 0.27
US residence (years) −.01 0.02 0.58 .05 0.05 0.37 −.04 0.03 0.16
fast-food meals (servings/wk)
Bivariate model
Sex −.57* 0.29* 0.05*
Education level .06 0.09 0.47 −.11 0.25 0.65 .08 0.08 0.27
Depressive symptoms .01 0.02 0.73 .04 0.08 0.63 .01 0.02 0.45
Community resource .23 0.29 0.43 1.03 0.84 0.22 −.18 0.13 0.17
Food security .00 0.04 0.98 .09 0.16 0.58 −.01 0.04 0.76
US residence (years) .00 0.01 0.89 −.01 0.03 0.72 .00 0.01 0.50
Multivariate modelb
Sex −.60* 0.31* 0.05*
Education level .02 0.09 0.80 −.08 0.24 0.75 .06 0.07 0.39
Depressive symptoms .00 0.02 0.56 .00 0.07 0.95 .00 0.01 0.77
Community resource .23 0.28 0.42 1.16 0.80 0.15 −.14 0.14 0.30
Food security .00 0.05 0.95 .14 0.17 0.40 −.02 0.03 0.56
US residence (years) .00 0.01 0.92 .00 0.03 0.90 .01 0.01 0.39
sweetened beverages (servings/week)
Bivariate model
Sex −.29* 0.15* 0.05*
Education level .03 0.05 0.63 −.01 0.12 0.96 .02 0.06 0.80
Depressive symptoms .02* 0.01* 0.04* .07* 0.03* 0.02* .02 0.01 0.09
Community resource −.10 0.16 0.54 .41 0.40 0.32 −.36* 0.11* <0.01*
Food security .04 0.03 0.29 .06 0.07 0.42 .04 0.04 0.29
US residence (years) .00 0.01 0.39 −.03 0.01 0.01 .00 0.01 0.63
Multivariate modelb
Sex −.37* 0.15* 0.02*
Education level .02 0.05 0.70 .04 0.13 0.74 .04 0.05 0.50
Depressive symptoms .02* 0.01* 0.05* .06 0.03 0.06 .01 0.01 0.34
Community resource −.07 0.15 0.65 .34 0.38 0.38 −.30* 0.11* 0.01*
Food security .02 0.03 0.54 .01 0.08 0.90 .02 0.03 0.51
US residence (years) .00 0.01 0.48 −.02* 0.01* 0.02* .00 0.01 0.50
a

SE=standard error.

b

Concurrently adjusted for all listed variables, including a term for the statistical interaction of sex and education level, where listed.

*

Findings statistically significant at P≤0.05.