Sociodemographic factors associated with different domains of physical activity in adults of black ethnicity

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Lessa, Inês²  Pitanga, Francisco José Gondim²  Costa, Maria Cecília²  Barbosa, Paulo José B.⁴  Barbosa, Simone Janete O.³  Lopes, Adair da Silva¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina;Universidade Federal da Bahia;União Metropolitana de Educação e Cultura;Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública

关键词: Physical activity;    Black ethnicity;    Sociodemographic factors;    Leisure time physical activity;    Work physical activity;    Commuting physical activity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2012000200014

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with differentdomains of physical activity among adults of black ethnicity.
METHODS: Cross-sectional study with a sample of 2,305 black individualsfrom 20-96 years of age, 902 (39.1%) of which men living in the city of Salvador,Bahia, Brazil. Sociodemographic variables analyzed were: gender, age, schooling,socioeconomic status (SES), marital status, racial discrimination at work/school(RDWE), in public (RDPUP) and private (RDPRP) places and perception of police(PPN) /violence in the neighborhood (PVN), as well as total physical activity(TPA) in its different domains: leisure time (LTPA), work (WPA), commuting (CPA)and household activity (HPA). Associations were analyzed using chi-square tests,chi-square trend and prevalence ratio (PR). We also used logistic regressionanalysis to estimate the odds ratio (OR) with a 95%confidence interval.
RESULTS: The proportions of active individuals were 39.1% for TPA, 11.2%for LTPA, 9.6% for WPA, 23.7% for CPA and 33.7% for HPA. TPA was positivelyassociated with higher schooling and inversely associated with male gender,age over 60 years and with no PPN. LTPA was positively associated with malegender, higher schooling and higher SES. WPA was inversely associated with ageover 60 years and positively associated with male gender, higher schooling andno PPN. CPA was inversely associated with age over 60 years and positively associatedwith male gender. HPA was inversely associated with male gender, age over 60years and no PPN and positively associated with higher schooling and SES.
CONCLUSION: Socio-demographic factors, particularly gender, age and schoolingwere associated with different domains of physical activity among adults ofblack ethnicity.

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