International Scholarly Research Notices / 2012 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Gender Disparity in Structured Physical Activity and Overall Activity Level in Adolescence: Evaluation of Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Table 3 Logistic regression to show relative association between the independent variables and sedentary versus moderate and sedentary versus high levels of activity in girls and boys.
Low-moderate activity High activity Variable S.E. Exp(
𝛽
)
𝑃
S.E. Exp(
𝛽
)
𝑃
(a) Girls Exercise to lose weight in the last 30 days 0.327 3.36 0.000 0.404 2.464 0.026 Eat less to lose weight in the last 30 days 0.366 2.81 0.005 0.460 2.050 0.119 Trying to lose weight 0.399 0.36 0.010 0.483 0.642 0.359 Ate potatoes in the last 7 days 0.280 1.74 0.047 0.347 1.918 0.061 Watched 3+ hours of TV per day 0.298 0.67 0.174 0.365 0.342 0.003 Participated in PE class 1+ day/week 0.378 0.44 0.030 0.452 0.603 0.263 Played on ≥1 sport team in the last year 0.322 2.14 0.018 0.369 3.243 0.001 Participated in PE class every day 0.542 1.73 0.312 0.593 7.064 0.001 Grade 0.170 0.65 0.012 0.191 .842 0.368 Overweight 0.345 1.000 1.000 0.479 2.463 0.060
𝑅
2
=
0.18;
𝑃
<
0
.
0
1
𝑅
2
=
0.27;
𝑃
<
0
.
0
1
(b) Boys Exercise to lose weight in the last 30 days 0.600 1.87 0.296 0.614 4.200 .019 Eat less to lose weight in last 30 days 0.606 0.33 0.070 0.617 0.585 0.385 Trying to lose weight 0.669 1.72 0.418 0.692 0.617 0.486 Ate potatoes in the last 7 days 0.481 1.41 0.473 0.519 1.738 0.287 Watched 3+ hours of TV per day 0.480 0.91 0.838 0.520 1.157 0.779 Participated in PE class 1+ day/week 0.701 1.75 0.425 0.761 2.597 0.210 Played on ≥ 1 sport team in the last year 0.509 1.15 0.783 0.512 2.785 0.046 Participated in PE class every day 0.831 0.51 0.418 0.868 0.848 0.849 Grade 0.254 1.06 0.809 0.260 0.975 0.923 Overweight 0.725 0.68 0.597 0.723 0.877 0.856
𝑅
2
=
0.05;
𝑃
=
.
6
6
(ns)
𝑅
2
=
0.13;
𝑃
=
.
0
6
