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Table 2 Associations between blood parameters and exercise. Unstratified and stratified on gender

From: Physical activity initiated by employer and its health effects; an eight week follow-up study

			Female (n = 43)				Male (n = 78)				All (n = 121)
Outcome	Covariate	Category	β	95 % CI		p	β	95 % CI		p	β	95 % CI		P
HbA1c^c	Exercise^a	2–3 times/week	0.07	−0.07	0.22	0.32	0.12	−0.02	0.26	0.089	0.10	0.00	0.20	0.048
(mmol/L)		≥4 times/week	0.01	−0.20	0.22	0.94	0.06	−0.12	0.24	0.53	0.03	−0.10	0.17	0.62
	Age^b		0.10	0.04	0.16	0.00095	0.16	0.10	0.21	p < 0.0001	0.14	0.10	0.18	p < 0.0001
	Gender	Female	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	−0.06	−0.16	0.04	0.25
	Education	College/University	−0.27	−0.48	−0.07	0.01	−0.15	−0.28	−0.03	0.017	−0.17	−0.28	−0.07	0.0012
Total	Exercise^a	2–3 times/week	−0.48	−1.02	0.07	0.084	−0.59	−1.15	−0.03	0.038	−0.57	−0.97	−0.16	0.0062
cholesterol^d		≥4 times/week	−0.61	−1.41	0.18	0.13	−0.64	−1.37	0.09	0.085	−0.63	−1.18	−0.08	0.025
(mmol/L)	Age		0.45	0.24	0.67	0.00014	0.12	−0.09	0.33	0.26	0.24	0.08	0.39	0.0028
	Gender	Female	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.15	−0.25	0.56	0.46
	Education	College/University	0.18	−0.59	0.95	0.64	0.15	−0.36	0.65	0.57	0.13	−0.29	0.54	0.54
LDL^e	Exercise^a	2–3 times/week	−0.38	−0.88	0.11	0.12	−0.49	−0.97	−0.01	0.044	−0.47	−0.82	−0.11	0.0099
(mmol/L)		≥4 times/week	−0.61	−1.33	0.12	0.097	−0.49	−1.12	0.14	0.13	−0.52	−0.99	−0.04	0.035
	Age		0.35	0.15	0.54	0.00095	0.07	−0.11	0.25	0.44	0.16	0.03	0.30	0.017
	Gender	Female	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	−0.12	−0.47	0.24	0.52
	Education	College/University	−0.02	−0.33	0.30	0.92	−0.05	−0.21	0.11	0.53	0.10	−0.26	0.46	0.59

^aReference value is exercise ≤1 times per week. ^bage divided by 10. ^cHbA1c had female n = 42, female obs = 76, male n = 74, male obs = 134, ^dTotal cholesterol had female n = 41, female obs = 77, male n = 77, male obs = 138. ^eLDL had female n = 41, female obs = 76, male n = 77, male obs = 138
HbA1c = glycosylated haemoglobin level; LDL = low density lipoprotein

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