Table 1.

Bivariate correlations among cardiovascular comorbidity score, physical activity, and confounding variables

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1 Cardiovascular comorbidities	–	−0.225∗	−0.161∗	0.239∗	−0.033	0.039	0.026	−0.110∗	−0.030	−0.008	−0.026
2 Accelerometer	−0.192∗	–	0.385∗	−0.423∗	0.037	−0.146∗	−0.030	0.101	0.032	−0.067	−0.165∗
3 GLTEQ	−0.151∗	0.383∗	–	−0.263∗	−0.012	−0.123∗	0.059	0.023	−0.001	−0.016	−0.109∗
4 PDDS	0.222∗	−0.389∗	−0.264∗	–	0.058	0.167∗	−0.073	−0.044	−0.005	0.098	0.230∗
5 Sex	−0.033	0.028	−0.018	0.057	–	−0.077	0.034	0.069	−0.017	−0.098	0.035
6 Age	0.031	−0.177∗	−0.102	0.180	−0.085	–	−0.110∗	−0.050	0.042	0.414∗	0.187∗
7 Race	0.044	−0.018	0.071	−0.074	0.034	−0.109	–	−0.001	−0.156∗	−0.040	0.076
8 Education	−0.094	0.083	0.017	−0.040	0.067	−0.039	0.001	–	0.167∗	0.040	0.018
9 Income	−0.029	−0.008	−0.012	−0.005	−0.017	0.069	−0.156∗	0.157∗	–	0.052	−0.044
10 Disease duration	−0.018	−0.061	−0.008	0.070	−0.070	0.403∗	−0.061	0.017	0.054	–	0.231∗
11 MS clinical course	−0.028	−0.152∗	−0.105	0.241∗	0.035	0.200∗	0.076	0.018	−0.044	0.233∗	–

Values below the diagonal are parametric correlations, whereas values above the diagonal are nonparametric correlations. Cardiovascular comorbidities are self-reported major signs and symptoms rather than cases of CVD.

^∗p < 0.01, two-tailed.