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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2009 Jun 14;66(11):772–776. doi: 10.1136/oem.2008.045104

TABLE 2.

Risk factors cumulated over three phases (1, 2 and 3) of low leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) at follow-up (Phase 3) for men (n=4291) and women (n=1794).

Variables Men Women Sex
interaction*
% with LTPA at
Phase 3 (Total
participants)
Prevalence ratio
(95% CI)
% with LTPA at
Phase 3 (Total
participants)
Prevalence ratio
(95% CI)
Marital status: single 0.012
None 42.5 (3376) 1.00 66.9 (1011) 1.00
 1 phase 46.1 (180) 1.09 (0.87-1.36) 58.3 (103) 0.87 (0.67-1.13)
 2 phases 40.5 (121) 0.95 (0.72-1.27) 56.9 (107) 0.84 (0.64-1.09)
 3 phases 35 .3 (614) 1.35 (1.21-1.52) 68.4 (573) 1.02 (0.90-1.16)
    P for linear trend b <0.001 0.87
Excess alcohol intake 0.59
None 46.1 (3050) 1.00 66.7 (1490) 1.00
 1 phase 40.2 (488) 0.87 (0.75-1.01) 67.5 (154) 1.01 (0.83-1.24)
 2 phases 41.4 (338) 0.90 (0.76-1.07) 63.9 (83) 0.96 (0.73-1.26)
 3 phases 42.7 (415) 0.93 (0.79-1.08) 55.2 (67) 0.83 (0.60-1.15)
    P for linear trend b 0.11 0.34
Poor diet 0.19
 None 41.3 (1670) 1.00 66.7 (838) 1.00
 1 phase 44.6 (906) 1.08 (0.96-1.22) 64.7 (343) 0.97 (0.83-1.13)
 2 phases 44.9 (717) 1.09 (0.95-1.24) 66.9 (272) 1.00 (0.85-1.19)
 3 phases 50.4 (998) 1.22 (1.09-1.37) 66.0 (341) 0.99 (0.85-1.15)
    P for linear trend b 0.001 0.93
Current smoking 0.81
 None 45.7 (3061) 1.00 66.2 (1408) 1.00
 1 phase 43.9 (264) 0.96 (0.80-1.16) 66.0 (53) 1.00 (0.71-1.40)
 2 phases 39.5 (256) 0.86 (0.71-1.06) 62.3 (72) 0.99 (0.74-1.32)
 3 phases 42.7 (710) 0.93 (0.83-1.06) 66.7 (261) 1.00 (0.86-1.18)
    P for linear trend b 0.16 0.96
Passive job 0.28
 None 41.7 (2064) 1.00 65.7 (931) 1.00
 1 phase 41.4 (904) 0.99 (0.88-1.12) 60.9 (350) 0.93 (0.79-1.08)
 2 phases 47.6 (675) 1.14 (1.00-1.30) 70.1 (281) 1.07 (0.91-1.25)
 3 phases 55.9 (648) 1.34 (1.18-1.51) 71.6 (232) 1.09 (0.92-1.29)
  P for linear trendb <0.001 0.28
Follow-up period from Phase 1 to
Phase 3 (mean (SDa))
5.3 (0.7) 1.08 (1.01-1.15) 5.3 (0.7) 1.05 (0.97-1.13) 0.58
    P for linear trend b 0.018 0.22
a

SD=standard deviation

b

P-value for linear trend across the levels of the explanatory variable

c

Probability that the model including the interaction of sex with the explanatory variable fits the data significantly better than the model without the interaction.