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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Apr 24;65:58–64. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.017

TABLE 5.

Multivariable hazard ratios for associations between exercise, television watching and first-sepsis events. Total of 1,500 first-sepsis events. Television watching and exercise were both included in the models.

Activity Unadjusted
Model
Add
demographics,*
tobacco and
alcohol use
Add obesity Add diet Add chronic
medical
conditions**
Quantity of Exercise
  High (≥4 times/week) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Medium (1-3 times/week) 0.93 (0.80-
1.09)
1.04 (0.89-1.21) 1.01 (0.86-
1.18)
1.02 (0.86-
1.20)
1.02 (0.86-
1.20)
  Low (none) 1.53 (1.33-
1.71)
1.53 (1.31-1.76) 1.43 (1.24-
1.66)
1.43 (1.22-
1.67)
1.33 (1.13-
1.56)
Quantity of Television
Watching
  Low (≤1 hour/day) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Medium (2-3 hours/day) 1.04 (0.88-
1.22)
0.91 (0.77-1.08) 0.89 (0.76-
1.05)
0.92 (0.77-
1.10)
0.94 (0.79-
1.13)
  High (≥4 hours/day) 1.43 (1.21-
1.69)
1.22 (1.03-1.45) 1.17 (0.99-
1.40)
1.24 (1.03-
1.49)
1.16 (0.95-
1.40)
*

Age decile, sex, race, geographic region, income, education.

**

Chronic kidney disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke.