Table 2.

Watching sports on TV and risk of obesity in older adults (n = 6,733)

Frequency of viewing sport on TV	Cases/N	Model 1	Model 2
		OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Once or less a week	1387/4690	Reference	Reference
Twice or more a week	443/1410	1.21 (1.06, 1.38)	1.17 (1.01, 1.35)
Daily	242/633	1.67 (1.40, 2.00)	1.39 (1.15, 1.68)
P-trend		<0.001	0.001

Model 1 adjusted for age and sex.

Model 2 adjusted for age, sex, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, total daily TV time, impairments in ADLs/IADLs, self rated health.