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Table 6 Predicted prevalence (%) of exercise and annual change in exercise (Δ% per year by age and cohort, test of trend) in women 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  4

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

-

-

-

8.9

-

 

1912-19

-

-

18.0

10.4

-0.92

***

1920-27

-

25.9

20.2

23.0

-0.23

**

1928-35

26.2

25.7

34.9

-

0.58

***

1936-43

27.3

45.1

-

-

1.97

***

1944-51

45.9

-

-

-

-

 

Δ% age

1.38

1.21

1.04

0.86

  

p-value

***

***

***

***

  
  1. Plain text, 1988/89; bold, 1996/97; italics, 2004/05.
  2. Test for trend: **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.