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Table 5 Odds ratios for good self-rated health by the different combinations of the categories for exercise and total physical activity, adjusted for all the independent variables simultaneously (interaction model).

From: Physical activity, exercise and self-rated health: a population-based study from Sweden

Total physical activitya(hours/week)

Exercise

 

None

Occasionally

Regularly

≤ 2

1

1.88 (1.19–2.98)

1.66 (1.00–2.73)

3–5

1.21 (0.64–2.32)

2.73 (1.73–4.30)

2.55 (1.69–3.83)

≥ 6

2.16 (1.32–3.54)

2.22 (1.49–3.31)

3.04 (2.10–4.39)

  1. n = 3756, Sweden, 1999.
  2. a obtained in all domains.