Physical activity patterns among women in rural Alabama.
OBJECTIVE
To explore factors associated with physically active women in a rural community.


METHODS
Physical activity patterns were assessed in 585 women in rural Alabama.


RESULTS
When combining leisure and nonleisure activities, 68% of women reported > or = 150 minutes per week. Active African American women tended to be younger (AOR 0.97), married (AOR 1.75), less likely to report arthritis (AOR 0.58), or give health (AOR 0.30) or motivational reasons (AOR 0.39) for not being more active; active white women were less likely to report lower health perception (AOR 0.51).


CONCLUSIONS
Ethnic differences in factors associated with higher activity levels need to be considered in physical activity interventions.
Sanderson
Bonnie K
BK
Department of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA. bsanderson@uabmc.edu
Cornell
Carol E
CE
Bittner
Vera
V
Pulley
LeaVonne
L
Kirk
Kathy
K
Yang
Ye
Y
Littleton
Mary Ann
MA
Brownstein
Nell
N
Matson-Koffman
Dyann
D
Raczynski
James M
JM
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007899:Leisure Activities; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016387:Women's Health