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. 2024 Mar 5;24:698. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18220-7

Table 3.

Associations between duration of PA and prescription opioid use among adults in NHANES, 2007 to 2020

Odds ratio (95% CI) P for trend
0 min/week 1 – 149 min/week 150 – 299 min/week  ≥ 300 min/week
Total physical activity
 Model 1a 1.00 (Ref) 0.67 (0.55 – 0.81) 0.55 (0.42 – 0.72) 0.45 (0.37 – 0.54)  < 0.0001
 Model 2b 1.00 (Ref) 0.78 (0.64 – 0.95) 0.69 (0.52 – 0.91) 0.60 (0.50 – 0.74)  < 0.0001
Occupation-related physical activity
 Model 1a 1.00 (Ref) 1.03 (0.80 – 1.33) 0.63 (0.45 – 0.89) 0.87 (0.71 – 1.06) 0.10
 Model 2b 1.00 (Ref) 1.09 (0.84 – 1.42) 0.68 (0.48 – 0.96) 0.99 (0.81 – 1.20) 0.68
Transportation-related physical activity
 Model 1a 1.00 (Ref) 0.56 (0.43 – 0.73) 0.58 (0.44 – 0.77) 0.70 (0.52 – 0.94)  < 0.0001
 Model 2b 1.00 (Ref) 0.64 (0.49 – 0.84) 0.66 (0.49 – 0.89) 0.73 (0.54 – 0.98) 0.001
Leisure-time physical activity
 Model 1a 1.00 (Ref) 0.64 (0.49 – 0.82) 0.47 (0.36 – 0.62) 0.39 (0.30 – 0.51)  < 0.0001
 Model 2b 1.00 (Ref) 0.74 (0.57 – 0.95) 0.58 (0.43 – 0.77) 0.53 (0.41 – 0.70)  < 0.0001

Abbreviations: NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, CI confidence interval, PA physical activity

SI conversion factor: To convert cotinine to nanomoles per liter, multiply by 5.675

aUnadjusted

bAdjusted for age (continuous), sex (male or female), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Mexican American, or other races), education (less than high school, high school, or more than high school), poverty-income ratio (≤ 130%,130%-300%, or > 300%), any insurance (no or yes), alcohol user (never, former, mild, moderate, or heavy), cotinine (continuous), and survey cycle (2007–2008 to 2019–2020)