title: Characteristics associated with recent recreational exercise among women 20 to 44 years of age.
abstract: Data on 1,501 control women from a multi-center, population-based, case-control study of breast cancer were used to examine characteristics associated with recreational exercise during the year prior to the interview among women 20 to 44 years of age. In a univariate analysis, higher levels of recreational exercise were associated with: higher education; higher family income; white race; previous participation in recreational exercise above the median level at ages 12 to 13 and at age 20; being nulliparous; ever lactating; being a never or past smoker; having a low current Quetelet's index (QI: weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); and living in Atlanta or Seattle (compared to New Jersey). In a multiple linear regression model, independent predictors of higher levels of recreational exercise were: participation in higher levels of exercise at 20 years of age; having a low current QI; and never having smoked. Though all women should be encouraged to participate in exercise, these findings identity subgroups of women that may need targeting when developing exercise intervention programs.
authors: Division of Epidemiology, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Britton
authors: M D
authors: MD
authors: Gammon
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Kelsey
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Brogan
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Coates
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Schoenberg
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Potischman
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Swanson
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Stanford
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Brinton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D011998:Recreation / Q000502:physiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health