title: Physical activity patterns among women in rural Alabama.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA. bsanderson@uabmc.edu
authors.forename: Bonnie K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cornell
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bittner
authors.forename: LeaVonne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pulley
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Littleton
authors.forename: Nell
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.forename: Dyann
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matson-Koffman
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Raczynski
mesh_terms: 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