Association between physical activity, multimorbidity, self-rated health and functional limitation in the Spanish population

Table 3 Beta coefficients and p values from multinomial linear models, with MET-hours/week as the dependent variable, among females

	16-24 years		25-44 years		45-64 years		65-74 years		>74 years
R squared	0.044		0.015		0.017		0.032		0.082
Age	1.758	0.071	-0.171	0.474	-0.356	0.106	-1.164*	0.009	-1.180*	0.000
Number of chronic diseases
0 (ref. cat.)
1	-3.391	0.539	5.468	0.097	-0.752	0.820	-1.461	0.754	-3.182	0.327
2	-0.906	0.906	6.846	0.132	4.754	0.220	3.341	0.478	-2.796	0.388
≥3	-22.862*	0.039	1.835	0.709	1.659	0.666	1.311	0.768	-3.791	0.213
Self-rated general health
Very poor to normal (ref. cat.)
Good to very good	-21.362*	0.004	-5.596	0.157	7.095*	0.030	-0.699	0.839	4.544*	0.038
Long-term activity limitations
Not limited (ref. cat.)
Limited	-7.233	0.356	-1.670	0.693	-1.161	0.724	-16.597*	0.000	-13.611*	0.000
Educational level
Lowest¹ (ref. cat.)
Low²	14.692	0.358	11.835	0.152	6.004	0.117	-1.158	0.686	1.681	0.326
Average³	9.172	0.568	2.190	0.791	-2.874	0.512	6.263	0.210	-3.421	0.398
High⁴	-10.290	0.549	-11.234	0.181	-13.482*	0.005	-14.048*	0.028	-2.530	0.582
Employment
Not working⁵ (ref. cat.)
Working	15.311*	0.004	11.241*	0.000	13.737*	0.000	4.978	0.555	-3.074	0.849

¹Lowest: “Cannot read or write” or “Did not complete primary school”. ²Low: “Primary school or equivalent” or “Compulsory secondary education”. ³Average: “Baccalaureate degree” to “Higher-level vocational studies”. ⁴High: “University degree” or “Doctoral degree”. ⁵Not working: “Unemployed”, “Student, apprentice, or intern”, “Retired”, “Unable to work”, “Dedicated to housework”, or “Other”.
*Statistical significance (p-value <0.05).

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