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. 2014 Aug;48(4):602–612. doi: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005183

Table 4. Frequencies of more than two hours, thirty minutes per week on leisure-time physical activity according to dimensions of social support. Estudo Pró-Saúde,a Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Southeastern Brazil, 1999-2001.

Social support (tertiles) Time on leisure-time physical activity
Women
Men
n % Unadjusted OR 95%CI Fully-adjusted OR 95%CIb n % Unadjusted OR 95%CI Fully-adjusted OR 95%CIb
Material
 Lower 83 50 1   1   84 42 1   1  
 Intermediate 138 50 1.26 0.8;2.1 0.91 0.5;1.7 144 52 1.03 0.6;1.6 0.68 0.3;1.3
 Upper 93 50 1.30 0.9;2.2 1.22 0.6;2.2 134 67 1.19 0.7;1.9 0.71 0.4;1.5
Affective
 Lower 84 48 1   1   98 49 1   1  
 Intermediate 56 49 1.38 0.7;2.5 1.64 0.7;3.7 72 36 1.83 1.0;3.2 2.19 1.1;4.6
 Upper 172 46 1.19 0.7;1.9 1.08 0.5;1.9 193 87 1.43 0.9;2.2 1.80 1.1;3.2
Emotional/ information
 Lower 67 28 1   1   105 53 1   1  
 Intermediate 130 37 1.83 1.1;3.1 1.97 1.0;3.8 139 70 1.59 1.0;2.5 1.28 0.7;2.4
 Upper 116 45 2.26 1.3;3.9 2.26 1.1;4.5 119 60 1.37 0.9;1.2 1.15 0.6;2.2
Positive social interaction
 Lower 80 34 1   1   99 50 1   1  
 Intermediate 93 56 1.79 1.0;3.1 1.93 1.0;3.8 107 54 1.42 0.8;2.4 1.58 0.8;3.2
 Upper 140 45 1.70 1.0;2.8 1.64 0.8;3.2 168 56 1.43 0.9;2.3 1.64 0.8;3.1

Note: Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (95%) for the logistic regression models fitted using social support dimensions as the predictors of time on leisure-time physical activity (individuals participating less than three hours per week was the reference group).

n(%) = Number of observations and percentages of individuals that participated in physical activity during their leisure time more than three hours per week, according to each level of social support dimensions.

All statistically significant associations are in bold.

a Faerstein E et al 7 (2005).

b Fully adjusted model: adjusted by age, education, per capita monthly income, tobacco and alcohol use, and morbidity.