Table 3 Associations between exercise initiation and baseline demographic, smoking, social support and hours watching television.
From: Predictors of vigorous exercise adoption and maintenance over four years in a community sample
| Â | Â | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Adopt N = 135 | Sedentary N = 447 | Adopt N = 73 | Sedentary N = 347 | Adopt N = 48 | Sedentary N = 326 |
Gender | Female | 108 80.0% | 356 79.6% | 51 69.9% | 305*** 81.5% | 36 75.0% | 269 82.5% |
Age (years) | Â | 37.9 SD = 6.3 | 37.5 SD = 6.3 | 38.2 SD = 5.2 | 37.4 SD = 6.5 | 37.4 SD = .6.7 | 37.4 SD = 6.6 |
BMI (kg/m2) | Â | 27.34 SD = 6.1 | 28.4* SD = 6.3 | 27.6 SD = 5.5 | 28.5 SD = 6.4 | 28.3 SD = 6.9 | 28.6 SD = 6.4 |
Employed | Yes | 114 84.4% | 360 80.5% | 63 86.3% | 297 79.4% | 38 79.5% | 259 79.5% |
Ethnicity | White | 118 87.4% | 382 85.5% | 63 86.3% | 319 85.3% | 42 87.5% | 277 84.5% |
Income Group | < $25,000 | 41 30.4% | 177** 39.6% | 26 35.6% | 151 40.4% | 20 41.7% | 131 40.2% |
Marital Status | Married | 69 51.1% | 219 49.0% | 33 45.2% | 186 49.7% | 30 62.5% | 156 47.9% |
| Â | Sep/Div/ Widowed | 22 16.3% | 74 16.5% | 13 17.8% | 61 16.3% | 9 18.8% | 52 16.0% |
| Â | Never Married | 44 32.59% | 154 34.5% | 27 37.0% | 127 34.0% | 9 18.8% | 18.8* 36.2% |
Education | HS degree or less | 14 10.4% | 59 13.2% | 7 9.6% | 52 13.9% | 5 10.4% | 47 14.4% |
| Â | HS degree + some college | 49 36.3% | 186 41.6% | 25 34.3% | 161 43.1% | 19 39.6% | 142 43.6% |
| Â | College degree + more | 72 53.3% | 202 45.2% | 41 56.2% | 161 43.1% | 24 50.0% | 137 42.0% |
Smoking status | yes | 25 18.5% | 106 23.7% | 15 20.6% | 91 24.3% | 6 12.5% | 85** 26.1% |
TV/day | Â | 2.4 SD = 1.9 | 2.7 SD = 2.6 | 2.1 SD = 1.6 | 2.8*** SD = 2.8 | 2.6 SD = 3.2 | 2.8 SD = 2.7 |
Social support family | Â | 3.0 SD = 1.3 | 2.7*** SD = 1.3 | 2.6 SD = 1.4 | 2.7 SD = 1.3 | 2.9 SD = 1.2 | 2.6 SD = 1.3 |
Social support friend | Â | 2.8 SD = 1.2 | 2.6** SD = 1.2 | 2.5 SD = 1.1 | 2.6 SD = 1.2 | 2.5 SD = 1.2 | 2.6 SD = 1.2 |