Table 3.
Multinomial logistic regression result of socio-demographic characteristics by physical activity levels with reference to low physical activity in adults South Africans from Cape Town and Mount Frere communities in 2008-2009
| Variables | Urban (n = 877) | p-value | Rural (n = 856) | p-value | Overall (N = 1733) | p-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical activity | Physical activity | Physical activity | |||||||||||||
| Moderate | Vigorous | Moderate | Vigorous | Moderate | Vigorous | ||||||||||
| ORa | 95%-CI | ORa | 95%-CI | ORa | 95%-CI | ORa | 95%-CI | ORa | 95%-CI | ORa | 95%-CI | ||||
| Gender | 0.351 | 0.154 | 0.050 | ||||||||||||
| Men | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Women | 0.89 | 0.61-1.32 | 0.71 | 0.44-1.14 | 0.91 | 0.62-1.35 | 0.63 | 0.38-1.01 | 0.91 | 0.69-1.19 | 0.66* | 0.47-0.93 | |||
| Age | 0.360 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| 65 and above | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.07-8.13 | ||||||||
| 35-44 | 1.40 | 0.75-2.61 | 2.31 | 0.83-6.44 | 2.66*** | 1.53-4.64 | 6.12*** | 2.40-15.62 | 2.03*** | 1.36-3.05 | 4.06*** | 2.05-8.05 | |||
| 45-54 | 1.31 | 0.70-2.48 | 2.47 | 0.88-6.94 | 2.89*** | 1.65-5.09 | 3.29* | 1.24-8.70 | 2.01*** | 1.33-3.03 | 3.12*** | 1.59-6.28 | |||
| 55-64 | 1.69 | 0.91-3.12 | 3.12* | 1.13-8.60 | 2.26** | 1.32-3.86 | 2.98* | 1.15-7.75 | 1.99*** | 1.34-2.96 | 3.00*** | 1.49-6.103 | |||
| Education level | 0.072 | 0.292 | 0.116 | ||||||||||||
| Tertiary | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Primary | 1.68 | 0.82-3.42 | 1.06 | 0.43-2.64 | 0.42 | 0.11-1.56 | 0.54 | 0.12-2.43 | 1.26 | 0.70-2.27 | 1.05 | 0.51-2.15 | |||
| Secondary | 2.06* | 1.08-3.92 | 1.87 | 0.85-4.08 | 0.44 | 0.12-1.69 | 0.63 | 0.14-2.73 | 1.43 | 0.82-2.51 | 1.49 | 0.76-2.91 | |||
| Marital status | 0.041 | 0.797 | 0.126 | ||||||||||||
| Divorced | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Single | 1.66 | 0.99-2.78 | 2.10* | 1.03-4.28 | 0.95 | 0.60-1.50 | 1.35 | 0.72-2.53 | 1.23 | 0.88-1.72 | 1.69* | 1.06-2.69 | |||
| Married | 1.24 | 0.74-2.07 | 1.09 | 0.53-2.26 | 1.02 | 0.68-1.53 | 1.28 | 0.72-2.30 | 1.10 | 0.81-1.51 | 1.20 | 0.77-1.88 | |||
| Occupation | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| Less skilled | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Skilled | 0.84 | 0.54-1.32 | 1.69* | 1.00-2.85 | 1.23 | 0.73-2.06 | 2.70*** | 1.51-4.83 | 0.99 | 0.71-1.39 | 2.07*** | 1.41-3.05 | |||
| Location | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||
| Rural | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 1.67*** | 1.31-2.13 | 1.20 | 0.87-1.65 | |||||||||||
OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; a Odds ratios adjusted for all variables in the table; bold p = significant borderline