Physical activity, obesity and mortality: does pattern of physical activity have stronger epidemiological associations?

Table 3 Adjusted^a BMI change, waist and hip circumference by sport (n = 2419) and active travel pattern (n = 2416)

PA Measure		Beta coefficients			Adjusted odds ratios
		BMI gain time1 to time3	BMI gain % time1 to time3	Waist [cm] time3^b	Hip circumference > 100 cm at time 3^b
Sport time1 (1982/3)	None	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Sport time1 (1982/3)	Any	0.10 (−0.09, 0.28)	0.29 (−0.44, 1.02)	−0.88 (−1.32, −0.44)**	0.82 (0.63, 1.07)
Sport time2 (1988)	None	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Sport time2 (1988)	Any	−0.10 (−0.28, 0.09)	−0.21 (−0.93, 0.51)	−0.90 (−1.33, −0.46)**	0.80 (0.62, 1.04)
Sport pattern	No sport at time1 & 2	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	Mixed sport reported once	−0.06 (−0.15, 0.26)	0.33 (−0.48, 1.14)	−0.81 (−1.30, −0.32)**	0.92 (0.69, 1.23)
	Sport maintainers at time1 & time2	−0.20 (−0.25, 0.21)	−0.04 (−0.94, 0.85)	−1.23 (−1.77, −0.69)**	0.72 (0.52, 1.00)*
Active travel time1^c (1982/3)	40+ mins	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	20–39 min	−0.07 (−0.28, 0.13)	−0.35 (−1.16, 0.45)	−0.22 (−0.71, 0.27)	0.98 (0.73, 1.31)
	0–19 min	−0.11 (−0.34, 0.11)	−0.43 (−1.31, 0.45)	−0.08 (−0.61, 0.46)	1.01 (0.73, 1.38)
Active travel time2§ (1988)	40+ mins	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	20–39 min	0.13 (−0.08, 0.33)	0.46 (−0.35, 1.27)	0.32 (−0.17, 0.80)	0.73 (0.54, 0.98)*
	0–19 min	0.25 (0.01, 0.50)	0.82 (−0.16, 1.81)	0.44 (−0.16, 1.04)	1.10 (0.77, 1.57)
Active travel pattern§	40+ mins maintainers	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
	Mixed pattern	−0.06 (−0.25, 0.12)	−0.37 (−1.09, 0.36)	0.01 (−0.43, 0.44)	0.85 (0.66, 1.11)
	0–19 min maintainers	0.03 (−0.39, 0.33)	−0.20 (−1.61, 1.21)	0.79 (−0.07, 1.64)	1.33 (0.82, 2.17)

^aAdjusted for baseline age, sex and education
^bAdjusting for BMI and time 1 and BMI percent change from time 1 to time 3
^cFor active travel, reference category was 40+ mins, given the low number in the low active travel (0–19 min maintainers, n = 221) category
p ≤ 0.05 **p ≤ 0.01

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