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August 2008, Vol 98, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1460-1464
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.096982

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Leisure-Time Physical Activity Disparities Among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States

Charles J. Neighbors, PhD, MBA, David X. Marquez, PhD and Bess H. Marcus, PhD

Charles J. Neighbors is with the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of the study, David X. Marquez was with the Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Bess H. Marcus is with the Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, and Miriam Hospital, Providence.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Charles J. Neighbors, PhD, MBA, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 633 Third Ave, New York, NY 10017 (e-mail: cneighbors{at}casacolumbia.org).

Studies of leisure-time physical activity disparities for Hispanic individuals have not adjusted for sociodemographic confounds or accounted for variation by country of origin. We used the National Health Interview Survey to compare leisure-time physical activity among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White persons. All Hispanic subgroups were less active than were non-Hispanic White people, yet significant heterogeneity existed among Hispanic persons. Sociodemographic factors partly accounted for disparities among men; disparities among women persisted despite multivariate adjustments. Interventions must attend to these under-served yet varied subcommunities.






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