Table 3.
Test of MVPA mediating the association between perceived fear of crime safety and obesity: Odds ratios and 95% CIs
| Step 1: Direct relationship | Step 2: Mediation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Intervals | Confidence Intervals | |||||||
| Variable | Estimate | Lower | Upper | p | Estimate | Lower | Upper | p |
| Control variables | ||||||||
| Female | 1.36 | 1.01 | 1.82 | * | 1.17 | 0.86 | 1.60 | |
| Age | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.04 | *** | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.03 | *** |
| White race | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.89 | ** | 0.63 | 0.46 | 0.86 | ** |
| Children in household | 1.23 | 0.90 | 1.69 | 1.18 | 0.86 | 1.61 | ||
| Crime cues walkability audit | 0.96 | 0.57 | 1.62 | 0.97 | 0.57 | 1.66 | ||
| Perceived safety from crime (high value = low perceived safety) | 1.27 | 1.05 | 1.54 | * | 1.23 | 1.01 | 1.50 | * |
| MVPA (minutes/10 hours) | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.99 | *** | ||||
| R2 (max rescaled) | 0.074 | 0.093 | ||||||
Note. MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; CI = confidence interval
p < .001,
p < .01,
p < .05
Data collected in Salt Lake City, UT, 2012