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Table 3 Frequencies of LTPA type (maintenance 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 - Maintenance group (n = 798)

  

%

%

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Fully-adjusted OR (95% CI)

 

n

Individual

Group

Individual

Group

Individual

Group

Material

       

Lower

205

9

19

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

313

10

24

1.18 (0.9-1.6)

1.39 (0.9-2.0)

1.07 (0.7-1.6)

1.80 (1.1-3.1)

Upper

266

8

23

0.99 (0.7-1.4)

1.27 (0.9-1.9)

0.80 (0.6-1.2)

1.50 (0.9-2.6)

Affective

       

Lower

218

9

22

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

146

8

25

0.94 (0.7-1.3)

1.07 (0.7-1.7)

0.84 (0.6-1.3)

1.03 (0.6-1.8)

Upper

420

10

22

1.21 (0.9-1.6)

1.21 (0.9-1.7)

1.04 (0.7-1.5)

1.48 (0.9-2.4)

Emotional/information

       

Lower

205

10

24

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

306

14

26

1.42 (1.0-1.9)

1.33 (0.9-1.9)

1.32 (0.9-1.9)

1.52 (0.9-2.5)

Upper

271

12

22

1.34 (1.0-1.8)

0.99 (0.7-1.5)

1.06 (0.7-1.5)

0.99 (0.6-1.6)

Positive social interaction

       

Lower

202

7

20

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Intermediate

228

6

24

0.93 (0.7-1.3)

1.30 (0.9-2.0)

1.03 (0.7-1.5)

1.51 (0.9-2.6)

Upper

354

11

26

1.22 (0.9-1.6)

1.51 (1.0-2.2)

0.97 (0.7-1.4)

1.56 (1.0-2.6)

  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.