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Table 2 Results of logistic regression analyses examining correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour

From: Prevalence and patterns of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and their association with health-related quality of life within a multi-ethnic Asian population

 

Physical Activitya

(Logistic Regression Model)

Sedentary Behaviourb

(Logistic Regression Model)

 

Insufficiently active vs sufficiently active

≥7 h vs < 7 h

O.R.

95% CI

p

O.R.

95% CI

p

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Age

 18 to 34

ref

   

ref

   

 35 to 49

1.3

0.8

2.3

0.26

0.7

0.5

1.0

0.04

 50 to 64

1.5

0.8

2.7

0.20

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.01

 65 and above

2.5

1.3

4.9

0.01

0.5

0.3

0.9

0.02

Sex

 Female

ref

   

ref

   

 Male

0.9

0.6

1.2

0.40

0.8

0.7

1.1

0.22

Ethnicity

 Chinese

ref

   

ref

   

 Malay

0.7

0.5

0.9

0.02

0.8

0.6

1.1

0.14

 Indian

0.9

0.7

1.2

0.42

0.8

0.6

1.0

0.06

 Others

0.6

0.3

1.1

0.13

0.8

0.6

1.2

0.32

Education

 Degree, professional certification, and above

ref

   

ref

   

 Primary and Below

1.4

0.7

2.6

0.35

0.6

0.4

1.0

0.04

 Secondary School

1.1

0.6

2.0

0.72

0.7

0.4

1.0

0.07

 Pre-U/Junior College

0.5

0.2

1.3

0.15

0.6

0.3

1.1

0.08

 Vocational Institute/ITE

0.9

0.4

1.9

0.75

0.6

0.4

1.1

0.10

 Diploma

1.1

0.6

1.8

0.76

1.0

0.6

1.4

0.82

Marital Status

 Married/Cohabiting

ref

   

ref

   

 Single

1.2

0.7

1.9

0.53

2.1

1.5

2.9

<  0.001

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

0.9

0.5

1.6

0.80

1.0

0.7

1.7

0.85

Employment

 Employed

ref

   

ref

   

 Economically inactive

1.1

0.7

1.6

0.81

0.9

0.7

1.3

0.66

 Unemployed

0.9

0.4

2.1

0.87

0.6

0.3

1.1

0.09

Monthly Personal Income (SGD)

 No income/ Below $2000

ref

   

ref

   

 $2000 - $3999

1.8

1.2

2.8

0.01

1.9

1.3

2.6

0.001

 $4000 - $5999

1.7

0.9

3.1

0.08

1.9

1.2

3.0

0.01

 $6000 - $9999

1.4

0.7

3.0

0.33

2.6

1.4

4.7

0.001

 $10,000 and above

1.8

0.8

4.3

0.16

4.4

2.2

8.7

<  0.001

Body Mass Index

 Normal range

ref

   

ref

   

 Underweight

1.7

0.9

3.0

0.11

1.1

0.6

1.9

0.73

 Overweight

0.8

0.5

1.2

0.26

1.3

1.0

1.7

0.07

 Obese

1.5

0.9

2.5

0.14

2.3

1.6

3.4

<  0.001

Chronic physical conditions

 No chronic condition

ref

   

ref

   

 One chronic condition

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.03

1.0

0.7

1.3

0.76

 Multimorbidity

1.2

0.8

1.7

0.45

1.6

1.1

2.2

0.01

  1. O.R. – Odds Ratio; 95% CI – 95% confidence interval of OR
  2. Bold print highlights statistically significant O.R
  3. Analyses utilized survey weights to account for complex survey design
  4. aAfter accounting for listwise deletion of missing data, cases in logistic regression model: 2544. Insufficiently active: 16.4% (n = 399); Sufficiently active (reference group): 83.6% (n = 2145)
  5. bAfter accounting for listwise deletion of missing data, cases in logistic regression model: 2544. ≥7 h: 48.2% (n = 1178); < 7 h (reference group): 51.8% (n = 1366)
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