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Table 2 Frequencies of LTPA type (engagement group), by dimension of social support.

From: Social support and leisure-time physical activity: longitudinal evidence from the Brazilian Pró-Saúde cohort study

Social support (tertiles)

Type of Leisure-Time Physical Activity - Engagement group (n = 390)

  

%

%

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Fully-adjusted OR (95% CI)

 

n

Individual

Group

Individual

Group

Individual

Group

Material

       

Lower

112

7

12

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

141

7

9

1.07 (0.8-1.5)

0.77 (0.4-1.4)

1.10 (0.7-1.6)

0.88 (0.4-1.9)

Upper

125

7

20

1.01 (0.7-1.4)

1.51 (0.9-2.7)

0.85 (0.6-1.2)

1.53 (0.7-3.2)

Affective

       

Lower

115

10

7

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

72

6

17

0.85 (0.6-1.2)

2.19 (1.1-4.5)

0.85 (0.6-1.3)

2.34 (1.0-5.8)

Upper

191

9

16

1.08 (0.8-1.4)

2.07 (1.1-3.9)

0.99 (0.7-1.4)

2.65 (1.2-6.0)

Emotional/information

       

Lower

111

7

11

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

137

9

14

1.23 (0.9-1.7)

1.37 (0.8-2.5)

1.20 (0.8-1.7)

1.77 (0.8-3.8)

Upper

129

10

15

1.31 (1.0-1.8)

1.50 (0.8-2.7)

1.05 (0.7-1.5)

2.33 (1.1-5.0)

Positive social interaction

       

Lower

128

10

9

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

101

5

14

0.75 (0.5-1.0)

1.42 (0.8-2.7)

0.71 (0.5-1.0)

1.82 (0.8-4.0)

Upper

150

9

16

1.00 (0.8-1.4)

1.60 (0.9-2.9)

0.82 (0.6-1.1)

1.79 (1.1-3.9)

  1. Unadjusted and adjusted Odds Ratios(OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals(95%) provided by multinomial regression models fitted using social support dimensions as predictors of type of Leisure-time physical activity (reference group: individuals who were inactive at time 1 and did not change the status at time 2). Pró-Saúde Study, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 years of follow-up).
  2. Fully-adjusted model: Adjusted by age, gender, education, per capita monthly income, tobacco and alcohol use and morbidity.
  3. All statistically significant associations are in bold.