Low-level physical activity predictors among adults living with HIV in Ethiopia’s southern region, focusing on work, transportation, and recreation domains: unmatched case-control study

Table 1 Bivariable analysis, socio- demographic factors and LLPA, cases- controls, PLWHs, southern Ethiopia, 2023

Determinants	Low Level Physical Activity(LLPA)		COR (95% CI)	P-value
	Cases (n = 262)	Controls (n = 371)	COR (95% CI)	P-value
	No	No
Age Groupsin year
≤ 34	126	189	1
35–44	88	115	1.15(0.80–1.64)	0.45
≥45	48	67	1.08(0.70–1.66)	0.75
Marital status
Single	68	77	1
Married	77	112	0.78(0.50–1.21)	0.26
Separated	48	87	0.62(0.39–1.01)	0.06***
Widowed	69	95	0.82(0.52–1.30)	0.40
Educational status
No formal schooling	63	100	1
Less than 1⁰ school	59	64	1.46(0.91–2.35)	0.12***
1⁰school completed	84	127	1.05(0.69–1.60)	0.82
2nd school completed	34	50	1.08(0.63–1.85)	0.78
College / University completed	22	30	1.16(0.62–2.20)	0.64
Occupation
Government employed	41		1
NGO-employed	12	43	0.84(0.35-2.00)	0.69
Self-employed	140	15	0.78(0.48–1.26)	0.31
Student	23	188	0.43(0.23–0.82)	0.01*
Homemaker	46	56	0.70(0.40–1.23)	0.01***
Wealth index in quintile
Lowest	46	46	1
second	36	62	0.58(0.32–1.04)	0.07***
Middle	85	117	0.73(0.44–1.19)	0.21***
Fourth	95	146	0.65(0.40–1.06)	0.08***
Sex
Men	122	135	1
Women	140	236	0.66(0.48–0.91)	0.01*
Place of residence
Urban	165	241	1
Rural	97	130	1.09(0.09–1.52)	0.20***

Notes *significant at P < 0.05 **Significant at P < 0.01 ***Significant at P < 0.25
Predictors: Age groups in year, Educational status, Ethnicity, Marital status, Occupation, Wealth index in quintile, sex, place of residence
Outcome: cases with low level physical activity (LLPA), control without LLPA
Abbreviations PLWHs, Adults living with HIV; 1⁰, primary; 2nd, secondary; COR, crude odd ratio

ISSN: 2052-1847