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. 2010 Nov 5;20(6):446–452. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20100062

Table 2. Odds ratios for response to accelerometry, by sociodemographic and lifestyle variables, as compared with questionnaire-only respondents.

  Overall respondents Men Women
  n = 1508 n = 679 n = 829



  ORa,b 95% CI P value ORa,b 95% CI P value ORa,b 95% CI P value
Sex                  
 Men 1.16 (0.88, 1.52) 0.287            
 Women 1.00                
Age, years                  
 60– 1.13 (0.72, 1.76) 0.606 0.78 (0.38, 1.63) 0.509 1.32 (0.73, 2.39) 0.353
 50–59 1.17 (0.75, 1.81) 0.484 0.72 (0.36, 1.46) 0.368 1.50 (0.84, 2.68) 0.166
 40–49 1.79 (1.16, 2.75) 0.008 1.41 (0.71, 2.80) 0.323 1.89 (1.07, 3.34) 0.028
 30–39 1.60 (1.04, 2.49) 0.034 0.83 (0.41, 1.70) 0.613 2.31 (1.32, 4.07) 0.004
 –29 1.00     1.00     1.00    
City of residence                
 Tsukuba 1.08 (0.78, 1.50) 0.648 1.12 (0.69, 1.83) 0.644 1.04 (0.66, 1.64) 0.864
 Koganei 1.27 (0.91, 1.77) 0.154 1.06 (0.64, 1.77) 0.815 1.38 (0.88, 2.16) 0.159
 Shizuoka 1.00 (0.72, 1.39) 0.992 0.89 (0.55, 1.45) 0.649 1.08 (0.69, 1.69) 0.748
 Kagoshima 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Education, years                
 >12 1.01 (0.79, 1.30) 0.918 1.41 (0.97, 2.04) 0.069 0.78 (0.55, 1.10) 0.160
 ≤12 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Employment status                
 ≥40 h/week 1.00 (0.77, 1.31) 0.990 1.18 (0.77, 1.83) 0.447 0.86 (0.59, 1.24) 0.411
 <40 h/week 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Marital status                  
 Married 1.00 (0.73, 1.37) 0.991 1.27 (0.75, 2.15) 0.382 0.83 (0.54, 1.29) 0.413
 Not married 1.00     1.00     1.00    
BMI, kg/m2                  
 <25 0.84 (0.63, 1.13) 0.256 0.81 (0.55, 1.19) 0.284 0.92 (0.57, 1.48) 0.724
 ≥25 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Self-rated health                
 Good 0.95 (0.75, 1.20) 0.643 0.92 (0.65, 1.29) 0.612 0.99 (0.71, 1.38) 0.943
 Poor 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Smoking                  
 No 1.35 (1.02, 1.79) 0.038 1.46 (1.02, 2.08) 0.038 1.16 (0.71, 1.90) 0.548
 Yes 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Drinking                  
 Regularly 1.22 (0.95, 1.57) 0.115 1.17 (0.82, 1.67) 0.381 1.25 (0.87, 1.79) 0.229
 No/Occasionally 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Walking for leisure                
 Yes 1.56 (1.21, 2.01) 0.001 1.64 (1.10, 2.44) 0.015 1.48 (1.05, 2.09) 0.025
 No 1.00     1.00     1.00    
Total walking time, min/week              
 ≥150 1.23 (0.96, 1.58) 0.096 1.42 (0.98, 2.07) 0.065 1.12 (0.80, 1.57) 0.515
 <150 1.00     1.00     1.00    

aOR: odds ratio.

bOdds ratios were adjusted for all other variables shown in the table.