Individual- and community-level neighbor relationships and physical activity among older Japanese adults living in a metropolitan area: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Seino, Satoshi; Kitamura, Akihiko; Nishi, Mariko; Tomine, Yui; Tanaka, Izumi; Taniguchi, Yu; Yokoyama, Yuri; Amano, Hidenori; Narita, Miki; Ikeuchi, Tomoko; Fujiwara, Yoshinori; Shinkai, Shoji

doi:10.1186/s12966-018-0679-z

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 3 Multilevel regression analyses of associations between individual- and community-level NRs and PA variables in men (n = 4340)

From: Individual- and community-level neighbor relationships and physical activity among older Japanese adults living in a metropolitan area: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Variables	MVPA, MET-hours/week			VPA, min/week			MPA, min/week			WT, min/week			ST, min/day
Variables	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P
Fixed effects
Individual-level NRs
Visiting each other	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Standing and chatting	−4.4	(−9.6, 0.8)	0.098	−22.4	(−45.2, 0.5)	0.055	− 21.4	(−47.2, 4.4)	0.104	0.6	(−36.0, 37.2)	0.975	19.6	(−3.5, 42.7)	0.097
Exchange of greetings	−6.0	(−11.0, −1.0)	0.018	−20.0	(−41.9, 1.9)	0.074	−25.0	(−49.8, −0.3)	0.047	−30.3	(−65.5, 4.8)	0.091	16.8	(−5.4, 39.1)	0.138
None	−11.8	(−18.7, −4.9)	0.001	−36.9	(−67.1, −6.7)	0.017	−46.7	(−80.8, −12.7)	0.007	−68.0	(−116.3, −19.6)	0.006	15.8	(−15.2, 46.7)	0.318
	Trend		0.001	Trend		0.041	Trend		0.012	Trend		0.001	Trend		0.355
Community-level NRsaCommunity-level NRs^a
1% estimation	2.1	(0.7, 3.4)	0.002	8.6	(2.7, 14.4)	0.004	4.2	(−2.4, 10.8)	0.216	11.6	(2.2, 20.9)	0.015	−3.9	(−9.9, 2.0)	0.196
Cross-level interaction term
Visiting each other × community-level NRs	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Standing and chatting × community-level NRs	−1.5	(−3.2, 0.1)	0.073	−6.6	(−13.9, 0.6)	0.073	−0.6	(−8.8, 7.6)	0.887	−10.7	(−22.3, 0.9)	0.071	−0.9	(−8.3, 6.5)	0.810
Exchange of greetings × community-level NRs	−1.6	(−3.2, −0.1)	0.046	− 6.3	(−13.2, 0.7)	0.076	−2.0	(−9.8, 5.9)	0.623	−11.7	(− 22.8, −0.6)	0.039	1.4	(−5.7, 8.5)	0.696
None × community-level NRs	−2.5	(−4.6, −0.4)	0.018	−10.7	(−19.9, −1.5)	0.022	−5.5	(−15.8, 4.9)	0.300	−13.4	(−28.1, 1.3)	0.075	2.8	(−6.5, 12.2)	0.550
	Trend		0.025	Trend		0.037	Trend		0.301	Trend		0.074	Trend		0.362
Random effects
Community-level variance (standard error)	0.00	(0.00)		10.23	(46.35)		0.00	(0.00)		0.00	(0.00)		0.00	(0.00)
Intraclass correlation coefficient	0.0000			0.0002			0.0000			0.0000			0.0000

PA physical activity, NRs neighbor relationships, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, METs metabolic equivalent, VPA vigorous physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, WT walking time, ST sedentary time, B partial regression coefficient, CI confidence interval
All models were adjusted by age, living situation, years of residence in the neighborhood, education, equivalent income, alcohol drinking status, smoking status, body mass index, number of choronic diseases, mobility limitation, self-rated health, depressive mood, employment status, and social activity
^aThe proportions of people with active interaction (visiting each other and standing and chatting) in districts were calculated for community-level NRs

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