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Table 4 Trends in leisure-time physical activity in deprived target districts with less and more intensive environmental interventions

From: The impact of area-based initiatives on physical activity trends in deprived areas; a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Dutch District Approach

 

Trend in walking/cycling/sportsa(regression coefficient β (95% confidence interval))

Period

Pre intervention

Intervention

Intervention versus pre intervention

District type

   

Leisure-time walking

 

Rest of the Netherlands

−0.00 (−0.01 – 0.00)

0.02 (0.01 – 0.03)*

0.02 (0.00 – 0.04)*

Low-intensity deprived target districts

−0.07 (−0.15 – 0.01)

0.13 (−0.00 – 0.27)

0.20 (0.01 – 0.40)*

Low-intensity deprived target districts versus rest of the Netherlands

0.18 (−0.01 – 0.38)

High-intensity deprived target districts

−0.02 (−0.07 – 0.04)

0.08 (−0.01 – 0.18)

0.10 (−0.04 – 0.24)

High-intensity deprived target districts versus rest of the Netherlands

0.08 (−0.06 – 0.22)

Leisure-time cycling

 

Rest of the Netherlands

0.01 (−0.00 – 0.01)

0.03 (0.01 – 0.04)*

0.02 (0.00 – 0.04)*

Low-intensity deprived target districts

0.04 (−0.04 – 0.11)

−0.03 (−0.16 – 0.11)

−0.06 (−0.25 – 0.13)

Low-intensity deprived target districts versus rest of the Netherlands

−0.08 (−0.27 – 0.11)

High-intensity deprived target districts

0.06 (−0.00 – 0.11)

0.01 (−0.08 – 0.10)

−0.05 (−0.18 – 0.08)

High-intensity deprived target districts versus rest of the Netherlands

−0.07 (−0.20 – 0.06)

Sports

 

Rest of the Netherlands

0.01 (−0.00 – 0.01)

−0.01 (−0.02 – 0.00)

−0.01 (−0.03 – 0.01)

Low-intensity deprived target districts

−0.00 (−0.09 – 0.08)

−0.02 (−0.15 – 0.12)

−0.01 (−0.21 – 0.19)

Low-intensity deprived target districts versus rest of the Netherlands

−0.00 (−0.20 – 0.20)

High-intensity deprived target districts

0.04 (−0.02 – 0.10)

−0.08 (−0.17 – 0.02)

−0.12 (−0.26 – 0.02)

High-intensity deprived target districts versus rest of the Netherlands

−0.11 (−0.25 – 0.03)

  1. *P ≤ 0.05.
  2. aTrend represents the half yearly change in ln (odds), adjusted for age, gender, household composition, ethnicity, education, and income.