Associations between different types of physical activity and teachers’ perceived mental, physical, and work-related health

Table 4 Linear regression analysis of different types of PA with teachers’ physical, mental, and work-related health outcomes

	Mental health			Physical health			Occupational stress			Job satisfaction			Absenteeism
Independent covariates
	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
Gender	4.01	1.45	2.77**	3.42	1.42	2.41*	-0.50	0.19	-2.62**	-0.84	0.43	-1.93^T	-3.63	1.77	-2.05*
Age (years)	-0.01	0.07	-0.14	-0.26	0.07	-3.76**	-0.01	0.01	-1.22	-0.05	0.02	-2.19*	0.12	0.09	1.35
BMI (kg/m²)	0.01	0.17	0.07	-0.36	0.16	-2.25*	0.01	0.02	0.47	0.03	0.05	0.62	0.28	0.20	1.39
PA & Sitting time (minutes a week adjusted for age, BMI, and gender)
	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
Total PA	-0.58	1.9	-0.3	0.84	1.83	0.46	-0.12	0.25	-0.47	-0.96	0.56	-1.72	-2.21	2.3	-0.97
Total MVPA	-0.5	1.26	-0.4	0.81	1.21	0.67	0.23	0.17	1.36	-0.43	0.37	-1.16	-1.54	1.54	-1,00
Occupational PA	-1.88	0.79	-2.39*	-2.14	0.76	-2.82**	0.24	0.11	2.28*	-0.5	0.23	-2.17*	-0.46	0.96	-0.48
PA in leisure time	3.31	0.74	4.48**	3.64	0.71	5.13**	-0.31	0.10	-3.15*	0.36	0.22	1.62^T	-2.29	0.91	-2.52*
PA at home	0.44	0.89	0.5	1.35	0.86	1.58	-0.01	0.12	-0.09	0.29	0.26	1.1	0.11	1.08	0.1
Active transport	0.47	0.73	0.64	0.48	0.71	0.68	0.02	0.10	0.2	-0.01	0.22	-0.04	-0.16	0.89	-0.18
Sitting time	-6.12	3.22	-1.90^T	-9.39	3.09	-3.03**	0.61	0.43	1.43	-0.14	0.95	-0.15	6.1	3.91	1.56

PA: physical activity; MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
Significant results were given a symbol; ^T = p < 0.1; * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01.
Mental health, physical health, and job satisfaction are positive variables (a higher value is better).
Occupational stress and absenteeism are negative variables (a higher value is worse).

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