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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Dec 22;20(5):1096–1103. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.359

Table 2.

Incidence rates and hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of overweight/obesity according to level of physical activity

Amount of Weekly Physical Activity Cases Crude Incidence Rate
(cases/10,000 person years)
Age-adjusted Multivariable Model§ Multivariable Model + BMI*
Moderate Physical Activity
None 489 530.4 1.0 1.0 1.0
<1000 kilocalories 5108 457.3 0.88 (0.80–0.96) 0.89 (0.81–0.98) 0.92 (0.84–1.01)
1000–2000 kilocalories 1259 474.8 0.91 (0.82–1.01) 0.94 (0.84–1.05) 0.88 (0.79–0.99)
>2000 kilocalories 287 514.3 0.97 (0.84–1.13) 1.03 (0.88–1.19) 0.93 (0.80–1.09)
p for trend 0.2 0.07 0.3
Vigorous Physical Activity
None 4216 498.9 1.0 1.0 1.0
<1000 kilocalories 2709 453.9 0.92 (0.87–0.96) 0.94 (0.90–0.99) 0.99 (0.94–1.04)
1000–2000 kilocalories 554 457.9 0.92 (0.84–1.00) 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 0.97 (0.88–1.06)
>2000 kilocalories 346 382.1 0.77 (0.69–0.86) 0.79 (0.71–0.89) 0.95 (0.85–1.07)
p for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 0.3
Total Physical Activity
<500 kilocalories 3492 507.4 1.0 1.0 1.0
500–1000 kilocalories 1578 441.3 0.88 (0.83–0.94) 0.92 (0.86–0.98) 0.91 (0.85–0.97)
1000–2000 kilocalories 1777 462.2 0.92 (0.87–0.98) 0.95 (0.90–1.01) 0.93 (0.88–0.99)
2000–3000 kilocalories 567 426.7 0.85 (0.78–0.93) 0.89 (0.81–0.98) 0.89 (0.81–0.97)
>3000 kilocalories 451 431.1 0.85 (0.77–0.94) 0.87 (0.78–0.96) 0.92 (0.83–1.02)
p for trend <0.0001 0.002 0.02
§

Multivariable Model adjusted for age, alcohol, smoking, hormone replacement therapy, postmenopausal status, randomization arm, total caloric intake and dietary factors (saturated fat, low-fat dairy, high-fat dairy, red meat, poultry, whole grain, and fiber intake)

*

Baseline BMI