Table 3.

Associations between gender, social networks, and physical activity behaviors (N = 873)

Variable	Overall ORa (95% CI)	Women ORb (95% CI)	Men ORb (95% CI)
Reported physical activity levels (≥150 vs. < 150 min/week)
Gender
Men	Ref.
Women	0.45 (0.29, 0.69)
Marital status
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.47 (0.96, 2.24)	1.37 (0.76, 2.44)	1.93 (0.51, 7.24)
Friends/family for health communication
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.47 (0.93, 2.33)	1.01 (0.48, 2.10)	2.09 (0.70, 6.17)
Membership of community organizations
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.07 (0.63, 1.78)	1.06 (0.58, 1.94)	0.82 (0.31, 2.19)
Physical activity attitudes (pay attention vs. ignore)
Gender
Men	Ref.
Women	2.65 (1.55, 4.53)
Marital status
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	0.76 (0.28, 2.02)	0.89 (0.20, 3.93)	0.52 (0.10, 2.71)
Friends/family for health communication
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	2.89 (1.01, 8.33)	3.79 (0.71, 20.15)	2.98 (0.50, 17.63)
Membership of community organizations
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.72 (0.94, 3.15)	1.05 (0.44, 2.55)	5.31 (1.32, 21.22)
Physical activity knowledge (with knowledge vs. no knowledge)
Gender
Men	Ref.
Women	2.09 (1.13, 3.85)
Marital status
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	0.76 (0.34, 1.68)	0.81 (0.26, 2.43)	0.85 (0.13, 5.23)
Friends/family for health communication
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	0.89 (0.37, 2.09)	1.94 (0.32, 11.70)	0.47 (0.12, 1.71)
Membership of community organizations
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.16 (0.60, 2.24)	0.86 (0.36, 2.02)	1.77 (0.10, 30.74)

^aEach variable in the table is adjusted for gender, age, body mass index, ethnicity, education, income, insurance, family members having cancer, and health status.

^bEach variable in the table is adjusted for age, body mass index, ethnicity, education, income, insurance, family members having cancer, and health status.