Table 2 Associations between physical inactivity prevalence and independent variables in adolescents by gender

  14–15

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  16–17

0.54 (0.30–0.96)*

0.54 (0.29–1.01)

1.76 (0.92–3.36)

1.56 (0.80–3.02)

  18–19

0.75 (0.39–1.42)

0.51 (0.25–1.02)

1.67 (0.75–3.72)

1.60 (0.71–3.64)

  Illiterate mother (reference = educated)

0.98 (0.62–1.56)

1.19 (0.63–2.22)

  Illiterate father (reference = educated)

0.97 (0.52–1.83)

0.52 (0.24–1.11)

0.41 (0.18–0.92)*

  Lower

1.00

1.00

  Average

0.94 (0.40–2.21)

1.34 (0.30–6.02)

  Higher

1.38 (0.71–2.68)

0.69 (0.20–2.38)

 Being hunger (sometimes/mostly/always)

2.65 (1.36–5.15)**

4.13 (1.95–8.75)***

1.47 (0.56–3.88)

 Loneliness (mostly/always)

0.81 (0.45–1.45)

1.26 (0.65–2.46)

 Anxiety (mostly/always)

0.72 (0.42–1.25)

1.57 (0.74–3.35)

 Suicidal ideation (reference = no)

0.45 (0.24–0.83)**

0.35 (0.17–0.71)**

1.04 (0.48–2.24)

 No close friends (reference = 1 friend or more)

1.01 (0.45–2.26)

1.83 (0.54–6.17)

 Skipping breakfast (reference = sometimes/mostly/always)

1.11 (0.59–2.12)

0.80 (0.43–1.51)

 Inadequate fruit consumption (<2 servings)

1.11 (0.70–1.75)

1.37 (0.74–2.53)

 Inadequate vegetable consumption (<3 servings)

2.20 (1.38–3.52)***

2.48 (1.51–4.08)***

1.05 (0.56–1.95)

 Not walking or biking to school (less than 5 days)

1.34 (0.80–2.24)

1.33 (0.69–2.59)

 No attendance of physical education (2 or more times)

2.53 (1.15–5.57)*

2.89 (1.27–6.57)**

1.18 (0.51–2.76)

 Physical fight (1 or more times)

1.06 (0.67–1.68)

1.10 (0.53–2.29)

 Tobacco use (1 or more times)

1.14 (0.69–1.88)

–

 Alcohol/illicit drug use (reference = 0 time)

0.74 (0.43–1.27)

–

 Absenteeism (reference = 0 day)

1.04 (0.66–1.65)

1.33 (0.71–2.52)

 Lack of peer support in school (reference = mostly/always)

0.99 (0.62–1.59)

1.55 (0.86–2.81)

1.41 (0.77–2.61)

 Lack of parental/guardian supervision (reference = mostly/always)

1.09 (0.68–1.75)

1.93 (1.08–3.45)*

1.56 (0.84–2.92)

 Lack of parental/guardian connectivity (reference = mostly/always)

0.78 (0.44–1.38)

0.93 (0.48–1.78)

 Lack of parental/guardian bonding (reference = mostly/always)

1.08 (0.65–1.79)

1.70 (0.95–3.04)

1.58 (0.84–2.97)

 Bullied (1 day or more)

1.13 (0.46–2.76)

1.16 (0.63–2.12)