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Table 5 Predicted prevalence (%) of exercise and annual change in exercise (Δ% per year by age and cohort, test of trend) in males aged 53-84 years, presented according to age, birth cohort, and assessment period (longitudinal samples of the Swedish population from 1988/89, 1996/97, and 2004/05) by the model in Table  3

From: The longitudinal exercise trend among older Swedes aged 53–84 years – a 16-year follow-up study

Variable

Age (years)

  

Cohort

53-60

61-68

69-76

77-84

Δ% cohort

p-value

1904-11

-

-

-

17.4

-

 

1912-19

-

-

25.7

23.4

-0.13

Ns

1920-27

-

31.0

32.3

32.7

0.18

Ns

1928-35

28.2

34.1

45.6

-

1.15

***

1936-43

31.9

45.5

-

-

1.51

***

1944-51

39.6

-

-

-

-

 

Δ% age

0.76

0.97

1.24

1.00

  

p-value

***

***

***

***

  
  1. Plain text, 1988/89; bold, 1996/97; italics, 2004/05.
  2. Test for trend: ***p < 0.001; Ns, non-significant.