Table 2.
Associations between social relationships and engagement in at least moderate physical activity in the past 30 days
|
Prevalence ratio (95% Confidence interval) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Model A | Model B | Model C | |
|
Social networks/support |
|
|
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
| Married/cohabiting |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Widowed |
0.88 (0.78, 0.99)* |
0.89 (0.79, 1.00) |
0.98 (0.88, 1.10) |
| Divorced/separated |
0.86 (0.74, 1.01) |
0.88 (0.76, 1.03) |
0.98 (0.86, 1.13) |
| Single |
0.78 (0.56, 1.09) |
0.79 (0.57, 1.10) |
0.84 (0.60, 1.17) |
| Number of close friends |
|
|
|
| 0-4 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| 5-8 |
1.31 (1.19, 1.46)*** |
1.29 (1.16, 1.43)*** |
1.17 (1.06, 1.28)** |
| 9 or more |
1.28 (1.16, 1.42)*** |
1.25 (1.12, 1.39)*** |
1.14 (1.03, 1.27)* |
| Emotional support |
|
|
|
| Lack of emotional support |
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Sufficient emotional support |
|
1.16 (1.05, 1.29)** |
1.13 (1.02, 1.26)* |
|
Covariates |
|
|
|
| Age (years) |
0.99 (0.98, 0.99)*** |
0.99 (0.98, 0.99)*** |
0.99 (0.99, 1.00)*** |
| Gender |
|
|
|
| Male |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Female |
0.85 (0.79, 0.92)*** |
0.85 (0.79, 0.91)*** |
0.88 (0.83, 0.95)** |
| Poverty-income ratio (cont.) |
|
|
1.08 (1.04, 1.12)*** |
| Education |
|
|
|
| Less than high school |
|
|
1.00 |
| High school diploma |
|
|
1.33 (1.13, 1.56)** |
| More than high school |
|
|
1.51 (1.30, 1.75)*** |
| Ethnicity (%) |
|
|
|
| White Americans |
|
|
1.00 |
| African Americans |
|
|
0.87 (0.77, 0.97)* |
| Mexican Americans |
|
|
0.93 (0.81, 1.06) |
| Other Hispanic Americans |
|
|
0.93 (0.72, 1.21) |
| Other | 1.05 (0.87, 1.27) | ||
***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05.