How do the year’s seasons and specific weather indices affect physical activity and the patterns of use of public open spaces in the Brazilian context?

Table 1 Association among seasonality, presence and observation of the users who practice POS-based MVPA

Seasonality	Category	Presence^† 59,354 (34.0%)		MVPA^‡ 39,153 (66.0%)
Seasonality	Category	%	OR (IC_95%)	%	OR (IC_95%)
Season	Summer	33.2	1	63.9	1
	Autumn	32.1	0.94 (0.86 − 1.03)	66.7	1.20 (1.14 − 1.27)*
	Winter	36.4	1.14 (1.05 − 1.25)*	67.7	1.37 (1.30 − 1.44)*
	Spring	38.7	1.29 (1.19 − 1.41)*	65.4	1.21 (1.16 − 1.28)*

POS: Public open space; MVPA: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity POS-based; OR: Odds ratio; CI95%: Confidence interval of 95%; †: model adjusted according to the weekday and period of the day; ‡: model adjusted according to gender, age group, weekday and period of the day*: value of p < 0.001

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