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Table 3 A ssociation of physical activity with socio-economic and lifestyle factors

From: Physical activity in daily life is associated with lower adiposity values than doing weekly sports in Lc65+ cohort at baseline

 

Daily PA

Sports weekly

 

OR [95% CI]

P-value

OR [95% CI]

P-value

MEN

    

N

501

 

486

 

Age (per 1-birth year)

1.0 [0.8-1.1]

0.623

1.0 [0.9-1.1]

0.865

Living alone (0/1)

0.5 [0.3-0.9]

0.013

0.7 [0.4-1.1]

0.094

Financial difficulties (0/1)†

0.4 [0.3-0.7]

0.001

0.5 [0.3-0.8]

0.002

Symptoms of depression (0/1)

0.8 [0.4-1.3]

0.367

0.9 [0.5-1.4]

0.635

Education

    

 Basic compulsory

1 (ref)

 

1 (ref)

 

 Apprenticeship

1.1 [0.6-2.1]

0.780

1.0 [0.6-1.7]

0.991

 High school or more

1.6 [0.8-3.1]

0.150

1.4 [0.8-2.4]

0.265

Current smoking (0/1)‡

0.6 [0.4-1.1]

0.090

0.4 [0.3-0.7]

<0.001

WOMEN

    

N

713

 

677

 

Age (per 1-birth year)

1.1 [0.9-1.2]

0.373

1.1 [1.0-1.2]

0.131

Living alone (0/1)

0.8 [0.6-1.1]

0.234

1.0 [0.7-1.4]

0.978

Financial difficulties (0/1)†

0.6 [0.4-0.9]

0.008

0.6 [0.4-0.8]

0.002

Symptoms of depression (0/1)

0.6 [0.4-0.9]

0.017

1.0 [0.7-1.4]

0.933

Education

    

 Basic compulsory

1 (ref)

 

1 (ref)

 

 Apprenticeship

1.2 [0.8-1.8]

0.386

1.2 [0.8-1.7]

0.473

 High school or more

1.7 [1.1-2.7]

0.018

1.7 [1.1-2.6]

0.010

Current smoking (0/1)‡

0.8 [0.6-1.3]

0.458

0.4 [0.3-0.7]

<0.001

ALL

    

N

1214

 

1163

 

Age (per 1-birth year)

1.0 [0.9-1.1]

0.675

1.0 [1.0-1.1]

0.290

Male sex

1.3 [0.5-3.2]

0.588

1.5 [0.7-3.3]

0.331

Living alone (0/1)

0.8 [0.6-1.2]

0.289

1.0 [0.7-1.4]

0.985

Financial difficulties (0/1)†

0.5 [0.4-0.7]

<0.001

0.5 [0.4-0.7]

<0.001

Symptoms of depression (0/1)

0.6 [0.4-0.9]

0.023

1.0 [0.7-1.4]

0.954

Education

    

 Basic compulsory

1 (ref)

 

1 (ref)

 

 Apprenticeship

1.2 [0.8-1.7]

0.414

1.1 [0.8-1.6]

0.443

 High school or more

1.7 [1.1-2.7]

0.021

1.7 [1.1-2.6]

0.009

Current smoking (0/1)‡

0.8 [0.5-1.1]

0.102

0.4 [0.3-0.6]

<0.001

Living alone*male sex

0.6 [0.3-1.1]

0.115

0.7 [0.4-1.2]

0.151

Depressive symptoms*male sex

1.1 [0.6-2.2]

0.687

0.9 [0.5-1.6]

0.691

Education*male sex

1.0 [0.7-1.5]

0.951

0.9 [0.6-1.3]

0.528

  1. Daily physical activity (PA, 0/1):1) Often walking and using stairs, carrying light loads, and important physical activity, carries heavy loads; 0) sitting or lying most of the time, or often walking, but avoiding stairs and loads. Sports weekly (0/1): Sports frequency <1×/week (0), versus ≥1×/week (1). Multivariate logistic regression analysis.
  2. †Financial difficulties were considered if any of the following criteria was fulfilled: 1) current income clearly lower than others, 2) sometimes difficulty to make ends meet, 3) subsidy for health insurance, or 4) complementary subsidy (from old age insurance).
  3. ‡Participants who had stopped smoking before less than one year are considered current smokers in the analyses.
  4. *Interaction.
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