. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 11.

Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2020 Feb 1;17(2):149–155. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0099

Table 3.

Association of Spouse/Nonspouse Exercise Partner With Egos’ Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (in MET Minutes per Week) in the MASALA Study

Parameter	Male		Female
Parameter	Estimate	95% confidence interval	Estimate	95% confidence interval
Intercept	1311	650 to 1972	1120	406 to 1834
Number of alters who are nonspouse exercise partners	596^**	374 to 818	123	−89 to 336
Spouse exercise partner	315	−22 to 653	429^*	66 to 791
Number of exercising alters	256^**	78 to 435	71	−135 to 277

Abbreviations: MASALA, Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America; MET, metabolic equivalent. Note: Model controls for the following covariates: ego age, study site, education, marital status, income, cultural beliefs, self-rated health, and network size.

P < .05.

^**

P < .01.