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Table 3 Associations with health indicators of participation in clusters of organized leisure-time activities compared to inactive: odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for the various clusters vs. inactive adolescents

From: When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents

 

High life satisfaction

Infrequently feeling low

Infrequently irritated/bad tempered

Infrequently feeling nervous

Infrequent sleeping difficulties

Excellent self-rated health

(Q1)

(< once a week)

(< once a week)

(< once a week)

(< once a week)

(excellent)

Model 1 (univariable)

Inactive

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

All-rounders

1.50 (1.32–1.71)***

1.28 (1.10–1.48)**

1.10 (0.97–1.25)

1.08 (0.96–1.23)

0.96 (0.84–1.09)

1.70 (1.47–1.96)***

Artists

1.39 (1.21–1.61)***

1.05 (0.90–1.24)

1.03 (0.90–1.19)

1.03 (0.90–1.19)

0.94 (0.81–1.09)

1.74 (1.49–2.04)***

Individual sports

1.69 (1.45–1.97)***

1.29 (1.07–1.55)***

1.13 (0.97–1.33)

1.15 (0.99–1.34)

1.01 (0.85–1.19)

2.50 (2.11–2.95)***

Team sports

1.52 (1.32–1.75)***

1.95 (1.63–2.35)***

1.26 (1.09–1.46)**

1.24 (1.08–1.43)**

1.31 (1.12–1.54)**

2.21 (1.89–2.58)***

Model 2 (adjusted for gender and age)

Inactive

1 (reference)

     

All-rounders

1.27 (1.11–1.45)***

     

Artists

1.26 (1.08–1.46)**

     

Individual sports

1.61 (1.38–1.88)***

     

Team sports

1.39 (1.20–1.62)***

     

Model 3 (adjusted for gender and age, including interaction with gender)

Inactive

 

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

All-rounders

 

1.19 (0.98–1.43)

1.03 (0.87–1.22)

1.08 (0.91–1.27)

0.96 (0.80–1.15)

1.53 (1.24–1.89)***

Artists

 

1.21 (1.00–1.48)

1.08 (0.90–1.29)

1.05 (0.88–1.24)

1.09 (0.90–1.31)

1.84 (1.49–2.28)***

Individual sports

 

1.13 (0.89–1.43)

0.98 (0.79–1.21)

0.98 (0.79–1.21)

0.81 (0.65–1.02)

2.14 (1.67–2.74)***

Team sports

 

1.16 (0.90–1.50)

0.85 (0.67–1.06)

0.87 (0.70–1.09)

1.05 (0.82–1.34)

1.40 (1.05–1.85)*

Gender M vs. F

 

2.25 (1.77–2.86)***

1.41 (1.15–1.73)**

1.42 (1.17–1.73)***

1.47 (1.18–1.82)**

1.27 (1.00–1.62)

Artists M vs. F

 

0.66 (0.45–0.95)*

  

0.72 (0.52–1.00)*

 

Ind. sports M vs. F

    

1.51 (1.07–2.12)*

 

Team sports M vs. F

 

1.64 (1.12–2.41)*

1.54 (1.14–2.09)**

1.46 (1.09–1.95)*

 

1.66 (1.18–2.35)**

Model 4 (adjusted for gender and age, including interaction with age)

Inactive

 

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

All-rounders

 

1.17 (0.92–1.49)

1.02 (0.83–1.26)

1.04 (0.84–1.28)

1.03 (0.82–1.28)

1.68 (1.32–2.15)***

Artists

 

0.92 (0.72–1.18)

0.91 (0.73–1.14)

0.99 (0.79–1.24)

0.91 (0.71–1.15)

1.74 (1.33–2.27)***

Individual sports

 

1.01 (0.77–1.31)

0.99 (0.78–1.26)

1.05 (0.83–1.33)

1.09 (0.84–1.41)

2.67 (2.07–3.44)***

Team sports

 

1.31 (1.00–1.70)*

1.03 (0.82–1.28)

1.08 (0.87–1.34)

1.36 (1.06–1.74)*

2.30 (1.81–2.92)***

Age 11- vs. 15-yrs.

 

1.68 (1.21–2.32)**

1.18 (0.91–1.54)

1.10 (0.85–1.42)

1.16 (0.87–1.53)

0.90 (0.65–1.25)

Age 13 vs. 15-yrs.

 

1.01 (0.78–1.30)

0.91 (0.73–1.15)

0.87 (0.69–1.09)

1.10 (0.86–1.42)

1.30 (0.99–1.71)

Artists 11- vs. 15-yrs.

1.59 (1.02–2.49)*

1.50 (1.04–2.17)*

1.48 (1.04–2.12)*

  

Team sports 13- vs. 1 yrs.

    

0.68 (0.48-0.98)*

  1. only statistically significant odds ratios for interaction effects of gender and age are presented
  2. M males, F females, yrs years old, Q1 top quartile
  3. * p < 0.05
  4. ** p < 0.01
  5. *** p < 0.001
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