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Table 2 Associations between access to neighbourhood recreational areas and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (minutes/day)

From: Objectively recorded physical activity in pregnancy and postpartum in a multi-ethnic cohort: association with access to recreational areas in the neighbourhood

 

Model 1a

Model 2a

Model 3a

 

β

p-value

95 % CI

β

p-value

95 % CI

β

p-value

95 % CI

Fixed effects

         

Objective access to recreational areas (ref: limited access)

         

  Good access

9.14

<0.01

2.66, 15.62

   

9.06

<0.01

2.39, 15.74

Perceived access to recreational areas (ref: Low access)

         

  High access

   

4.75

0.02

0.68, 8.82

4.40

0.03

0.34, 8.45

Time point (ref: Early pregnancy)

         

  Mid-pregnancy

−8.15

<0.01

−10.94, −5.36

−8.28

<0.01

−11.16, −5.40

−8.23

<0.01

−11.11, −5.36

  Post-partum

7.04

<0.01

3.65, 10.43

7.49

<0.01

4.01, 10.98

7.51

<0.01

4.03, 11.00

Random effects

         

Intra-class correlation (%) neighbourhood-level

0.7

  

1.6

  

1.1

  

Intra-class correlation (%) individual level

40.0

  

39.0

  

38.5

  
  1. a Three-level linear mixed effects regression models with adjustment for week and season of time point for physical activity recording, socio-economic position, ethnicity, parity, age