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

Danon-Hersch, Nadia; Santos-Eggimann, Brigitte

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1175

Table 4 A ssociations of five log-transformed adiposity indicators with eating habits and physical activity

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

	Ln (BMI)		Ln (WC)		Ln (WHR)		Ln (SISF)		Ln (TSF)
	ß[95% CI]	P	ß[95% CI]	P	ß[95% CI]	P	ß[95% CI]	P	ß[95% CI]	P
MEN: (N ≥ 477):
Eating habits:
Three meals/day	−0.02 [−0.04-0.01]		−0.01 [−0.02-0.01]		−0.01 [−0.02-0.00]		0.00 [−0.07-0.08]		−0.04 [−0.11-0.03]
Fruit and veg. ≥twice/day	0.00 [−0.03-0.03]		0.00 [−0.02-0.03]		0.00 [−0.02-0.01]		0.05 [−0.05-0.14]		0.02 [−0.07-0.12]
Sufficient protein intake^$	0.03 [0.00-0.06]	*	0.03 [0.01-0.05]	**	0.02 [0.01-0.03]	**	0.04 [−0.04-0.12]		−0.03 [−0.11-0.04]
Daily PA and sports
1: No stairs, no sport	0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)
2: No stairs, sports ≥1×/wk	−0.03 [−0.08-0.03]		−0.03 [−0.07-0.02]		0.00 [−0.03-0.03]		−0.25 [−0.43- -0.07]	**	−0.22 [−0.40- -0.04]	*
3: Stairs, no sport	−0.07 [−0.11- -0.04]	***	−0.06 [−0.09- -0.03]	***	−0.02 [−0.04- -0.01]	*	−0.24 [−0.35- -0.13]	***	−0.18 [−0.29- -0.07]	**
4: Stairs, sports ≥1×/wk	−0.09 [−0.13- -0.05]	***	−0.10 [−0.12- -0.07]	***	−0.05 [−0.07- -0.03]	***	−0.30 [−0.41- -0.18]	***	−0.20 [−0.31- -0.09]	**
Age (per 1-birth year)	0.01 [0.00-0.01]		0.00 [0.00-0.01]		0.00 [0.00-0.01]		0.02 [0.00-0.05]		0.00 [−0.02-0.03]
Living alone (0/1)	−0.03 [−0.06-0.00]		−0.01 [−0.04-0.01]		0.01 [−0.01-0.02]		0.03 [−0.07-0.12]		0.02 [−0.08-0.11]
Financial diff. (0/1)^€	−0.01 [−0.03-0.02]		0.00 [−0.02-0.02]		0.00 [−0.01-0.01]		−0.01 [−0.10-0.08]		0.01 [−0.07-0.10]
Symptoms of depression	0.03 [0.00-0.06]	*	0.02 [−0.01-0.04]		0.00 [−0.01-0.02]		0.06 [−0.04-0.15]		0.04 [−0.06-0.13]
Education
Basic compulsory	0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)
Apprenticeship	−0.03 [−0.07-0.00]		−0.02 [−0.05-0.01]		−0.01 [−0.03-0.01]		−0.01 [−0.11-0.10]		−0.03 [−0.13-0.07]
≥High school	−0.05 [−0.09- -0.02]	**	−0.03 [−0.06- -0.01]	*	−0.02 [−0.04- -0.01]	*	−0.02 [−0.13-0.08]		−0.03 [−0.13-0.08]
Current smoking (0/1)§	−0.04 [−0.07- -0.01]	*	−0.01 [−0.03-0.01]		0.01 [−0.01-0.02]		−0.11 [−0.20- -0.03]	*	−0.05 [−0.14-0.03]
WOMEN (N ≥ 657)
Eating habits:
Three meals/day	0.00 [−0.03-0.03]		0.01 [−0.02-0.03]		0.00 [−0.01-0.01]		0.06 [−0.02-0.13]		−0.03 [−0.09-0.03]
Fruit and veg. ≥twice/day	0.05 [0.00-0.10]	*	0.02 [−0.02-0.05]		−0.01 [−0.03-0.01]		0.14 [0.02-0.27]	*	0.14 [0.04-0.23]	**
Sufficient protein intake^$	0.03 [0.00-0.06]		0.02 [0.00-0.04]		0.01 [−0.01-0.02]		0.04 [−0.04-0.11]		0.05 [−0.01-0.11]
Daily PA and sports
1: No stairs, no sport	0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)
2: No stairs, sports ≥1×/wk	−0.04 [−0.10-0.01]		−0.02 [−0.07-0.02]		0.00 [−0.03-0.03]		−0.16 [−0.32-0.00]	*	−0.13 [−0.25- -0.01]	*
3: Stairs, no sport	−0.12 [−0.16- -0.08]	***	−0.08 [−0.11- -0.05]	***	−0.03 [−0.04- -0.01]	**	−0.25 [−0.36- -0.14]	***	−0.15 [−0.23- -0.07]	***
4: Stairs, sports ≥1×/wk	−0.16 [−0.20- -0.12]	***	−0.12 [−0.15- -0.09]	***	−0.03 [−0.05- -0.01]	**	−0.34 [−0.45- -0.23]	***	−0.19 [−0.27- -0.11]	***
Age (per 1-birth year)	0.00 [−0.01-0.01]		0.00 [−0.01-0.01]		0.00 [0.00-0.00]		0.01[−0.02-0.03]		0.00 [−0.02-0.02]
Living alone (0/1)	−0.03 [−0.06-0.00]	*	−0.02 [−0.04-0.00]		−0.01 [−0.02-0.01]		−0.05 [−0.12-0.03]		−0.06 [−0.11-0.00]	*
Financial diff. (0/1)^€	0.04 [0.01-0.07]	*	0.02 [−0.01-0.04]		0.00 [−0.01-0.02]		0.08 [−0.01-0.16]		0.05 [−0.01-0.12]
Symptoms of depression	0.01[−0.02-0.04]		0.01[−0.01-0.04]		0.01[0.00-0.02]		0.06[−0.02-0.14]		0.01[−0.05-0.07]
Education
Basic compulsory	0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)		0 (ref.)
Apprenticeship	−0.02[−0.05-0.01]		−0.01[−0.03-0.02]		−0.01[−0.02-0.01]		−0.04[−0.13-0.05]		−0.02[−0.09-0.05]
≥High school	−0.06[−0.10- -0.03]	***	−0.04[−0.06- -0.01]	**	−0.02[−0.03-0.00]	*	−0.14[−0.23- -0.05]	**	−0.07[−0.14-0.00]
Current smoking (0/1)^§	−0.07[−0.11- -0.04]	***	−0.04[−0.06- -0.01]	**	0.00[−0.01-0.02]		−0.21[−0.30- -0.12]	***	−0.15[−0.22- -0.08]	***

Multivariate linear regression analysis. The table shows all covariates included in the adjustment.
^$“Sufficient protein intake” was defined if the participant reported eating meat, fish or poultry every day, or as an alternative, if he consumed dairy products ≥ once a day and eggs or leguminous plants ≥ twice/week.
^€Financial difficulties (diff.) are considered if any of the following criteria is 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).
^§Participants who had stopped smoking before less than one year are considered current smokers in the analyses.
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.

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