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Table 3 Association of physical inactivity before and during two moments of the COVID-19 pandemic

From: COVID-Inconfidentes: how did COVID-19 and work from home influence the prevalence of leisure-time physical inactivity? An analysis of before and during the pandemic

 

PI (M0)

(Before March 2020)

PI (M1)

(March to August 2020)

PI (M2)

(October to December 2020)

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Education

< 9 years

1.00 (Ref)

 

1.00 (Ref)

 

1.00 (Ref)

 

 > 9 years

2.55 (1.41–4.60)

0.002

1.83 (1.11–3.03)

0.018

1.78 (1.04–3.04)

0.035

Nutritional status

 Eutrofic

1.00 (Ref)

 

1.00(Ref)

 

1(Ref)

 

 Underweight

0.96 (0.35–2.66)

0.943

0.64 (0.23–1.78)

0.382

0.62 (0.22–1.76)

0.364

 Overweight

1.79 (1.38–2.81)

0.012

2.50 (1.40–4.46)

0.002

2.19 (1.30–3.67)

0.003

 Obesity

1.19 (0.70–2.05)

0.516

2.24 (1.34–3.75)

0.003

1.85 (1.15–3.00)

0.012

Work routine during social restriction

 No work from home

 

1.00 (Ref)

 

1.00 (Ref)

 

 No work

  

1.29 (0.77–2.20)

0.325

0.97 (0.62–1.51)

0.880

 Work from home

 

0.52 (0.30–0.89)

0.019

0.49 (0.28–0.84)

0.010

  1. PI Physical inactivity, OR Odds ratios, CI Confidence intervals (95%)
  2. Multivariate model fitted to the best fit model by the stepwise backward technique, using those who reported practicing physical activity (PA) as the reference. All three models were adjusted for sex and age