Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedentary time with markers of cardiometabolic health in English adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England

Bakrania, Kishan; Edwardson, Charlotte L.; Bodicoat, Danielle H.; Esliger, Dale W.; Gill, Jason M. R.; Kazi, Aadil; Velayudhan, Latha; Sinclair, Alan J.; Sattar, Naveed; Biddle, Stuart J. H.; Khunti, Kamlesh; Davies, Melanie; Yates, Thomas

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2694-9

Table 2 Categorical associations with markers of cardiometabolic health (beta coefficients (99% CIs) and corresponding p-values)

From: Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedentary time with markers of cardiometabolic health in English adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England

Health marker	Linear regression model	‘Busy Bees’		‘Sedentary Exercisers’		‘Light Movers’		‘Couch Potatoes’
Health marker	Linear regression model	Beta (99% CI)	p-value	Beta (99% CI)	p-value	Beta (99% CI)	p-value	‘Couch Potatoes’
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	Unadjusted	−2.06 (−2.86, −1.26)	<0.001	−1.93 (−2.61, −1.25)	<0.001	−1.04 (−2.26, 0.18)	0.027	Reference
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	Adjusted	−1.67 (−2.57, −0.77)	<0.001	−1.64 (−2.43, −0.85)	<0.001	−0.66 (−1.92, 0.60)	0.175	Reference
Waist Circumference (cm)	Unadjusted	−6.92 (−9.17, −4.68)	<0.001	−5.31 (−7.33, −3.30)	<0.001	−5.53 (−8.89, −2.16)	<0.001	Reference
Waist Circumference (cm)	Adjusted	−1.17 (−2.28, −0.06)	0.007	−0.71 (−1.56, 0.14)	0.032	−0.07 (−1.61, 1.47)	0.908	Reference
HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)	Unadjusted	0.09 (0.02, 0.17)	0.001	0.05 (−0.01, 0.11)	0.021	0.14 (0.04, 0.24)	<0.001	Reference
HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)	Adjusted	0.09 (0.02, 0.16)	0.001	0.07 (0.02, 0.13)	<0.001	0.11 (0.01, 0.21)	0.004	Reference
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	Unadjusted	−0.00 (−0.21, 0.21)	0.981	0.12 (−0.06, 0.29)	0.081	0.11 (−0.23, 0.45)	0.408	Reference
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	Adjusted	0.02 (−0.17, 0.22)	0.761	0.17 (−0.01, 0.35)	0.014	0.08 (−0.22, 0.38)	0.490	Reference
Glycated Haemoglobin (%)	Unadjusted	−0.35 (−0.47, −0.24)	<0.001	−0.32 (−0.43, −0.20)	<0.001	0.07 (−0.32, 0.46)	0.656	Reference
Glycated Haemoglobin (%)	Adjusted	−0.12 (−0.22, −0.01)	0.003	−0.11 (−0.23, −0.01)	0.009	0.26 (−0.11, 0.63)	0.072	Reference

All analyses accounted for primary sampling units, clustering and survey weights. Unadjusted and adjusted linear regression models were fitted for each cardiometabolic health marker with the ‘Couch Potatoes’ category selected as the reference group. The adjusted linear regression models controlled for: age; body mass index (except in the model with body mass index as the dependent variable); cardiovascular disease index; ethnicity; fruit and vegetable consumption; sex; smoking status; socioeconomic status; and accelerometer wear-time. Models with HDL-cholesterol and total cholesterol as the dependent variable were also controlled for both blood pressure medication and cholesterol medication. Similarly, the model with glycated haemoglobin as the dependent variable was controlled for any prescribed medication. Bold indicates statistical significance at α = 0.01
‘Busy Bees’: Physically Active and Low Sedentary, ‘Sedentary Exercisers’: Physically Active and High Sedentary, ‘Light Movers’: Physically Inactive and Low Sedentary, ‘Couch Potatoes’: Physically Inactive and High Sedentary

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