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. 2014 May 30;14:533. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-533

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.