Table 2.
Determinants of physical health^ at baseline among unemployed persons who enrolled in a health promotion programme (n = 252) based on multivariate linear regression analyses
| BMI | VO2max (n = 130) |
Abdominal muscle strength | Flexibility | Systolic blood pressure | Diastolic blood pressure | |
| Constant | 26.26 | 41.08 | 14.13 | 17.97 | 97.66 | 67.04 |
| Female gender | 2.51** | -3.91** | -4.50** | 4.04** | -4.03 | -0.51 |
| Age (yr) | 0.05 | -0.36** | -0.22** | -0.09 | 0.52** | 0.19** |
| Married or living with partner | 2.08** | -1.04 | -6.67** | -1.59 | 1.66 | -0.28 |
| Self-esteem (1–4) | 0.71 | -1.49 | 0.20 | 0.64 | 3.85* | 3.79** |
| Physical functioning (0–100) | -0.01 | 0.05* | 0.12** | 0.08* | -0.02 | -0.05 |
| Explained variance (R2) | 8.9% | 31.8% | 15.6% | 7.4% | 9.8% | 8.9% |
* 0.05 <= p <= 0.10, **p < 0.05
^ BMI (kg/m2), VO2max (ml/kg/minute), abdominal muscle strength (sit-ups/minute), flexibility (cm), diastolic and systolic blood pressures (mmHg)