Table 5 |
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| Logistic regression for physical activity by acculturation | |||||||||
| Lowest acculturation N = 338 | Medium acculturation N = 429 | Highest acculturation N = 309 | |||||||
| OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Demographic factors | |||||||||
| Age | 0.95 | 0.75–1.21 | 0.661 | 0.85 | 0.67–1.07 | 0.158 | 1.03 | 0.80–1.32 | 0.820 |
| Country of Birth | 0.86 | 0.52–1.41 | 0.545 | 0.82 | 0.49–1.38 | 0.457 | 1.13 | 0.52–2.48 | 0.755 |
| Gender | 2.38 | 1.40–4.05 | 0.001 | 1.82 | 1.13–2.94 | 0.013 | 1.40 | 0.83–2.36 | 0.212 |
| Parental Education | 1.23 | 0.87–174 | 0.248 | 1.02 | 0.76–1.36 | 0.914 | 1.10 | 0.83–1.48 | 0.508 |
| Sensation seeking subscales | |||||||||
| Thrill & Adventure Seeking | 1.18 | 1.07–1.31 | 0.001 | 1.02 | 0.94–1.11 | 0.659 | 1.10 | 1.00–1.21 | 0.051 |
| Social Disinhibition | 0.95 | 0.81–1.13 | 0.568 | 1.10 | 0.94–1.28 | 0.244 | 1.17 | 0.99–1.40 | 0.072 |
| Drug & Alcohol Attitudes | 0.96 | 0.79–1.18 | 0.713 | 0.92 | 0.77–1.09 | 0.313 | 0.95 | 0.81–1.11 | 0.532 |
Note: Female served as the reference category for gender. Born in Mexico served as the reference category for country of birth. Age was entered as a continuous variable. The highest level of education served as the reference category for parental educational attainment.
Wilkinson et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:332 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-332