Factors Predicting Physical Activity and Sports Participation in Adolescence

Table 4

Logistic regression analyses, unadjusted and adjusted for gender, age, and socioeconomic status, and full model analysis with the outcome variable persistent and started doing sports.

Variable	Unadjusted, odds ratios, 95% CIs and values			Adjusted, odds ratios, 95% CIs and values			Full model, odds ratios, 95% CIs and values
	OR	CI		OR	CI		OR	CI
Gender	0.97	(0.77; 1.22)	0.82				1.07	(0.83; 1.39)	0.61
Age	0.55	(0.43; 0.7)	0.001				0.58	(0.45; 0.76)	0.001
Socioeconomic status	1.39	(1.17; 1.66)	0.001				1.24	(1.02; 1.51)	0.03
Peer support T0	1.41	(1.17; 1.7)	0.001	1.29	(1.06; 1.57)	0.012	1.09	(0.88; 1.36)	0.43
Parent support T0	1.44	(1.18; 1.76)	0.001	1.33	(1.08; 1.65)	0.008	1.14	(0.9; 1.44)	0.28
Attitudes towards gymnastics T0	1.33	(1.16; 1.52)	0.001	1.24	(1.08; 1.43)	0.003	1.09	(0.93; 1.28)	0.29
Duration of active transport to school	1.06	(0.96; 1.18)	0.25	1.05	(0.94; 1.17)	0.39
Change to other nonsports activities during the 2 years	0.85	(0.75; 0.97)	0.014	0.85	(0.75; 0.98)	0.02	0.86	(0.75; 0.99)	0.03
SRH good	2.1	(1.4; 3.15)	0.001	1.96	(1.3; 2.98)	0.001	1.63	(1.05; 2.54)	0.03
SRH best	3.91	(2.54; 6.01)	0.001	3.27	(2.1; 5.11)	0.001	2.48	(1.51; 4.06)	0.001
Body image: too thick T0	0.57	(0.44; 0.75)	0.001	0.64	(0.48; 0.84)	0.002	0.78	(0.57; 1.06)	0.11
Body image: too thin T0	0.89	(0.62; 1.29)	0.55	0.84	(0.57; 1.23)	0.37
Explained variance									0.09

Adjusted for age, gender, and SES.