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 4 Multilevel regression analyses of associations between individual- and community-level NRs and PA variables in women (n = 4252)

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	−3.1	(−6.8, 0.6)	0.100	−17.3	(−32.6, −1.9)	0.028	−5.8	(−23.8, 12.1)	0.525	−6.3	(−36.9, 24.4)	0.688	13.6	(−3.9, 31.2)	0.127
Exchange of greetings	−5.1	(−9.5, −0.6)	0.026	−17.6	(−36.2, 1.0)	0.064	1.6	(−20.1, 23.4)	0.883	−55.7	(−92.9, −18.6)	0.003	3.5	(−17.8, 24.7)	0.748
None	−18.8	(−27.8, −9.8)	< 0.001	−44.6	(−82.0, −7.1)	0.020	−50.5	(−94.4, −6.7)	0.024	−159.2	(−233.3, −85.1)	< 0.001	39.2	(−4.4, 82.8)	0.078
	Trend		< 0.001	Trend		0.009	Trend		0.320	Trend		< 0.001	Trend		0.252
Community-level NRsaCommunity-level NRs^a
1% estimation	0.2	(−0.9, 1.3)	0.767	0.2	(−4.2, 4.6)	0.930	0.7	(−4.5, 5.8)	0.800	0.6	(−8.2, 9.5)	0.539	−2.1	(−7.2, 2.9)	0.403
Cross-level interaction term
Visiting each other × community-level NRs	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Standing and chatting × community-level NRs	−0.2	(−1.6, 1.1)	0.769	−2.8	(−8.5, 2.8)	0.321	−1.4	(−8.0, 5.2)	0.678	4.7	(−6.5, 16.0)	0.406	2.3	(−4.1, 8.6)	0.488
Exchange of greetings × community-level NRs	−0.1	(−1.7, 1.4)	0.863	0.0	(−6.5, 6.5)	0.998	0.1	(−7.6, 7.7)	0.982	−2.4	(−15.5, 10.6)	0.713	0.3	(−7.1, 7.8)	0.929
None × community-level NRs	−1.4	(−4.6, 1.9)	0.406	−4.9	(−18.5, 8.7)	0.484	−1.1	(−17.0, 14.8)	0.894	−13.3	(−40.2, 13.6)	0.333	2.6	(−13.2, 18.5)	0.747
	Trend		0.657	Trend		0.734	Trend		0.986	Trend		0.527	Trend		0.823
Random effects
Community-level variance (standard error)	5.65	(6.44)		0.00	(0.00)		0.00	(0.00)		0.00	(0.00)		0.00	(0.00)
Intraclass correlation coefficient	0.0022			0.0000			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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