Table 5.
Associations between time spent cycling (total and subdomains; min/week) and physical activity (MET h/week) in 13 346 participants
| Leisure time PA† (MET h/week) |
Total MVPA‡ (MET h/week) |
Total PA§ (MET h/week) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) | Regression coefficient (95% CI)¶ | Mean (SD) | Regression coefficient (95% CI)¶ | Mean (SD) | Regression coefficient (95% CI)¶ | |
| Commuter cycling | |||||||
| 0 miles/week (0 min/week) | 12 484 | 39.4 (37.7) | 0 | 61.9 (52.3) | 0 | 82.1 (44.6) | 0 |
| 0.01–9.99 miles/week (1–59 min/week) | 587 | 35.3 (32.4) | −1.6 (−4.7, 1.4) | 82.4 (58.0) | 12.2 (8.2, 16.2)*** | 104.9 (46.8) | 11.8 (8.3, 15.3)*** |
| ≥10 miles/week (≥60 min/week) | 275 | 42.9 (37.6) | 1.9 (−2.5, 6.3) | 116.6 (63.0) | 35.3 (29.5, 41.0)*** | 128.6 (49.2) | 29.7 (24.7, 34.7)*** |
| All utility cycling | |||||||
| 0 miles/week (0 min/week) | 10 462 | 38.2 (37.1) | 0 | 60.5 (51.7) | 0 | 81.2 (44.2) | 0 |
| 0.01–9.99 miles/week (1–59 min/week) | 2237 | 42.9 (38.5) | 3.7 (2.1, 5.4)*** | 69.6 (55.4) | 5.5 (3.3, 7.7)*** | 89.2 (46.9) | 4.4 (2.5, 6.3)*** |
| ≥10 miles/week (≥60 min/week) | 647 | 46.7 (39.3) | 6.9 (3.9, 9.8)*** | 99.0 (60.4) | 25.0 (21.2, 28.9)*** | 112.1 (50.0) | 20.2 (16.9, 23.6)*** |
| Leisure-time cycling | |||||||
| 0 min/week | 10 843 | 37.3 (36.5) | 0 | 60.0 (51.7) | 0 | 80.5 (44.1) | 0 |
| 1–59 min/week | 1756 | 41.0 (35.4) | 4.2 (2.3, 6.1)*** | 73.8 (53.9) | 4.7 (2.3, 7.2)*** | 95.3 (45.3) | 4.9 (2.8, 7.0)*** |
| ≥60 min/week | 747 | 64.6 (46.6) | 25.6 (22.9, 28.2)*** | 98.0 (61.5) | 27.4 (23.9, 31.0)*** | 110.2 (52.5) | 21.9 (18.9, 25.0)*** |
| Total cycling | |||||||
| 0 min/week | 9316 | 37.2 (36.6) | 0 | 58.5 (50.8) | 0 | 79.3 (43.6) | 0 |
| 1–59 min/week | 2654 | 39.7 (35.8) | 3.2 (1.6, 4.9)*** | 67.0 (53.1) | 2.9 (0.8, 5.0)* | 88.3 (45.0) | 2.6 (0.8, 4.4)* |
| ≥60 min/week | 1376 | 52.4 (43.6) | 14.2 (12.2, 16.3)*** | 94.4 (60.5) | 24.1 (21.3, 26.8)*** | 108.7 (50.7) | 19.5 (17.1, 21.8)*** |
*p<.05, **p<0.01, ***p<.001.
†Computed as the sum of all moderate-to-vigorous leisure-time physical activity.
‡Computed as the sum of all moderate-to-vigorous physical activiy across all domains (leisure-time, household, work, commute).
§Computed as the sum of all light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity across all domains (leisure-time, household, work, commute).
¶Adjusted for age, sex, education and social class.
MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PA, physical activity.