Table 3. Association between cycling volume and risk of high cholesterol.

Cycling volume (MET-h/week)	Cases/N	Model 1 OR (95% CI)	Model 2 OR (95% CI)
<23.2	260/1832	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
23.21–40.0	226/1791	0.84 (0.69–1.03)	0.89 (0.73–1.10)
40.01–61.2	205/1652	0.81 (0.66–0.99)	0.85 (0.69–1.05)
>61.2	189/1674	0.70 (0.56–0.86)	0.78 (0.63–0.97)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; MET-h/week, metabolic equivalent hours/week.

Model 1: Analyses adjusted for age and sex; Model 2: analyses adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking, alcohol and other moderate–vigorous physical activity.