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Table 4 Environmental factors by tertiles of walking

From: The association between health enhancing physical activity and neighbourhood environment among Swedish adults – a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Middle tertile of walking (80–300 minutes per week)

Upper tertile of walking (> 300 minutes per week)

Factors

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

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Adjusted odds ratiob (95% CI)

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Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

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Adjusted odds ratiob

(95% CI)

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Degree of Urbanisation

 

0.109

 

0.104

 

0.024

 

0.800

   Lower tertile

0.77 (0.56–1.06)

 

0.66 (0.47–0.98)

 

0.64 (0.46–0.87)

 

0.65 (0.45–0.95)

 

   Middle tertile

0.95 (0.68–1.31)

 

0.93 (0.66–1.33)

 

0.89 (0.64–1.22)

 

0.97 (0.68–1.37)

 

   Upper tertile

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

Traffic intensity

 

0.225

 

0.595

 

0.633

 

0.142

   Lower tertile

1.21 (0.88–1.66)

 

1.17 (0.82–1.68)

 

0.87 (0.64–1.20)

 

0.85 (0.59–1.22)

 

   Middle tertile

1.27 (0.92–1.77)

 

1.17 (0.82–1.67)

 

1.02 (0.75–1.42)

 

1.02 (0.72–1.44)

 

   Upper tertile

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

Opportunities and Aesthetics

 

0.689

 

0.037

 

0.009

 

0.010

   Lower tertile

0.88 (0.64–1.21)

 

0.99 (0.70–1.42)

 

0.63 (0.46–0.87)

 

0.67 (0.47–0.95)

 

   Middle tertile

0.99 (0.71–1.37)

 

0.98 (0.69–1.40)

 

0.91 (0.66–1.26)

 

0.94 (0.69–1.34)

 

   Upper tertile

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

Fear of crime

 

0.004

 

0.024

 

0.122

 

0.434

   Lower tertile

1.67 (1.21–2.29)

 

1.84 (1.28–2.64)

 

1.36 (0.98–1.88)

 

1.64 (1.14–2.36)

 

   Middle tertile

1.08 (0.78–1.50)

 

1.07 (0.75–1.52)

 

1.14 (0.84–1.57)

 

1.16 (0.82–1.63)

 

   Upper tertile

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 

1.00 (Reference)

 
  1. aP-values for linear trends, which were examined by introducing factor scores as continuous variables
  2. bAdjusted for age, gender, self-perceived health, BMI, education, employment, marital status, smoking and variables in the table