Changes in physical health among participants in a multidisciplinary health programme for long-term unemployed persons

Table 2 Determinants of physical health^ at baseline among unemployed persons who enrolled in a health promotion programme (n = 252) based on multivariate linear regression analyses

	BMI	VO₂max (n = 130)	Abdominal muscle strength	Flexibility	Systolic blood pressure	Diastolic blood pressure
Constant	26.26	41.08	14.13	17.97	97.66	67.04
Female gender	2.51**	-3.91**	-4.50**	4.04**	-4.03	-0.51
Age (yr)	0.05	-0.36**	-0.22**	-0.09	0.52**	0.19**
Married or living with partner	2.08**	-1.04	-6.67**	-1.59	1.66	-0.28
Self-esteem (1–4)	0.71	-1.49	0.20	0.64	3.85*	3.79**
Physical functioning (0–100)	-0.01	0.05*	0.12**	0.08*	-0.02	-0.05
Explained variance (R²)	8.9%	31.8%	15.6%	7.4%	9.8%	8.9%

* 0.05 <= p <= 0.10, **p < 0.05
^ BMI (kg/m²), VO₂max (ml/kg/minute), abdominal muscle strength (sit-ups/minute), flexibility (cm), diastolic and systolic blood pressures (mmHg)

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