Table 4.
Relative Risk of Membership of 3,497 New York City Residents Aged 65–75 in Specified Class Compared to “Least Active” Class in Multivariable Model
| Walker | Domestic/ Gardening type | Athletic type | Domestic/Gardening Athletic type | |||||||||
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| Relative risk | 95% CI | Relative risk | 95% CI | Relative risk | 95% CI | Relative risk | 95% CI | |||||
| Borough | ||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 0.81 | 0.57 | 1.15 | 0.66 | 0.39 | 1.10 | 1.13 | 0.76 | 1.67 | 1.65 | 0.96 | 2.81 |
| Bronx | 0.61 | 0.41 | 0.88 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 0.85 | 0.68 | 0.43 | 1.07 | 0.77 | 0.43 | 1.38 |
| Brooklyn | 0.93 | 0.67 | 1.30 | 0.79 | 0.53 | 1.16 | 0.89 | 0.61 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 0.57 | 1.39 |
| Queens | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Staten Island | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.93 | 0.70 | 0.33 | 1.51 | 0.64 | 0.26 | 1.57 | 0.84 | 0.36 | 1.97 |
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| Home type | ||||||||||||
| Single family | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.84 | 5.30 | 3.56 | 7.89 | 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.84 | 5.68 | 3.62 | 8.90 |
| Low rise apartment | 0.83 | 0.57 | 1.19 | 1.05 | 0.56 | 1.95 | 0.77 | 0.51 | 1.17 | 1.33 | 0.73 | 2.43 |
| High-rise apartment | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
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| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Female | 1.00 | 0.79 | 1.26 | 0.85 | 0.63 | 1.14 | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.68 | 0.49 | 0.94 |
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| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 65–68 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 69–71 | 0.91 | 0.67 | 1.24 | 1.09 | 0.73 | 1.64 | 1.03 | 0.73 | 1.46 | 0.77 | 0.49 | 1.20 |
| 72–75 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 0.74 | 1.47 | 0.86 | 0.64 | 1.15 | 0.93 | 0.65 | 1.33 |
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| Education | ||||||||||||
| < High school graduate | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.51 | 1.27 | 0.68 | 0.45 | 1.01 | 0.61 | 0.34 | 1.08 |
| High school graduate | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Some college | 1.03 | 0.73 | 1.45 | 1.08 | 0.69 | 1.69 | 1.21 | 0.82 | 1.80 | 1.13 | 0.69 | 1.87 |
| College graduate | 0.89 | 0.64 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 0.73 | 1.71 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 1.93 | 1.41 | 0.89 | 2.22 |
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| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 1.28 | 0.97 | 1.69 | 0.93 | 0.65 | 1.34 | 1.19 | 0.86 | 1.65 | 1.03 | 0.68 | 1.54 |
| White (non-Hispanic) | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Other | 1.59 | 0.96 | 2.64 | 1.47 | 0.79 | 2.76 | 1.65 | 0.91 | 3.00 | 1.93 | 0.98 | 3.76 |
| Hispanic | 0.87 | 0.59 | 1.29 | 0.72 | 0.38 | 1.35 | 1.12 | 0.70 | 1.79 | 0.75 | 0.35 | 1.60 |
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| Safe to walk after dark in neighborhood | ||||||||||||
| Strongly agree | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Somewhat agree | 1.05 | 0.81 | 1.36 | 0.95 | 0.67 | 1.33 | 1.02 | 0.76 | 1.37 | 0.83 | 0.57 | 1.19 |
| Somewhat disagree | 0.78 | 0.53 | 1.13 | 0.83 | 0.50 | 1.37 | 0.72 | 0.46 | 1.13 | 0.70 | 0.40 | 1.26 |
| Strongly disagree | 0.95 | 0.67 | 1.35 | 0.95 | 0.57 | 1.57 | 0.69 | 0.44 | 1.09 | 0.78 | 0.42 | 1.46 |
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| Health | ||||||||||||
| Excellent | 1.46 | 0.96 | 2.20 | 1.60 | 0.99 | 2.61 | 2.14 | 1.41 | 3.24 | 2.72 | 1.70 | 4.35 |
| Good | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Fair | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.94 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.86 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.56 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.52 |
| Poor | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.44 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.23 |
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| Household income | ||||||||||||
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| <$20,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| $20,000–$39,999 | 1.05 | 0.76 | 1.45 | 1.73 | 1.10 | 2.74 | 1.32 | 0.91 | 1.91 | 1.87 | 1.10 | 3.20 |
| $40,000–$79,999 | 1.25 | 0.85 | 1.84 | 1.82 | 1.06 | 3.13 | 1.66 | 1.07 | 2.58 | 2.15 | 1.12 | 4.13 |
| $80,000+ | 1.11 | 0.72 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 1.20 | 3.55 | 1.52 | 0.95 | 2.42 | 2.14 | 1.19 | 3.88 |
Note: All interviews conducted in June-November 2011.
Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)