Table 3.

Moderation of the MLE-health problems (complaints) relationship by exercise and gender^a.

				MLE									MLE (adjusted models)b,c
Model	Outcome	r2 (adj.)	Predictors	B	SE	β	p	TC	VIF	Model	r2 (adj.)	Predictors	B	SE	β	p	TC	VIF
1a	Total health problems	0.166	Stressd	0.298	0.046	0.312	0.000	0.95	1.10	1b	0.181	Stress	0.294	0.047	0.308	0.000	0.92	1.09
			Exercisee	–0.102	0.045	–0.106	0.025	0.99	1.01			Exercise	–0.089	0.045	–0.093	0.050	0.99	1.02
			Genderf	–0.174	0.046	–0.181	0.000	0.96	1.04			Gender	–0.180	0.046	–0.186	0.000	0.96	1.04
			Stress × exercise	0.120	0.050	0.114	0.017	0.98	1.02			Stress × exercise	0.119	0.050	0.113	0.017	0.97	1.03
2a	Physical problems	0.142	Stress	0.233	0.041	0.279	0.000	0.95	1.05	2b	0.173	Stress	0.220	0.041	0.263	0.000	0.92	1.09
			Exercise	–0.106	0.040	–0.126	0.009	0.99	1.01			Exercise	–0.091	0.040	–0.108	0.023	0.99	1.02
			Gender	–0.140	0.041	–0.166	0.001	0.96	1.04			Gender	–0.149	0.040	–0.176	0.000	0.96	1.04
			Stress × exercise	0.090	0.044	0.097	0.043	0.98	1.02			Stress × exercise	0.086	0.044	0.094	0.049	0.97	1.03
3a	Cardiovascular problems	0.067	Stress	0.084	0.040	0.149	0.037	0.97	1.03	3b	0.248	Stress	0.047	0.037	0.083	0.215	0.93	1.08
			Exercise	–0.118	0.041	–0.203	0.005	0.97	1.03			Exercise	–0.067	0.039	–0.116	0.089	0.91	1.10
			Gender	–0.013	0.041	–0.023	0.746	0.98	1.03			Gender	–0.037	0.038	–0.064	0.332	0.95	1.06
			Stress × exercise	0.114	0.046	0.178	0.013	0.96	1.40			Stress × exercise	0.094	0.044	0.148	0.032	0.88	1.14
4a	Musculoskeletal problems	0.028	Stress	0.101	0.039	0.133	0.010	0.97	1.03	4b	0.078	Stress	0.061	0.39	0.079	0.125	0.92	1.09
			Exercise	–0.081	0.039	–0.105	0.038	0.99	1.01			Exercise	–0.058	0.039	–0.075	0.133	0.97	1.03
			Gender	–0.033	0.039	–0.043	0.400	0.97	1.03			Gender	–0.043	0.039	–0.055	0.269	0.97	1.03
5a	Psychological problems	0.115	Stress	0.288	0.055	0.295	0.000	0.97	1.04	5b	0.176	Stress	0.310	0.061	0.312	0.000	0.84	1.19
			Exercise	–0.061	0.057	–0.060	0.284	0.99	1.01			Exercise	–0.063	0.058	–0.062	0.278	0.97	1.03
			Gender	–0.139	0.058	–0.135	0.017	0.97	1.03			Gender	–0.145	0.059	–0.143	0.014	0.96	1.04
			Stress × exercise	0.128	0.061	0.119	0.037	0.96	1.04			Stress × exercise	0.151	0.061	0.143	0.014	0.95	1.05

^aNon-significant interaction terms have been trimmed from the models

^bmodels statistically adjusted for age, BMI, years of education, smoking (cigarettes/day), marital status (married, not married), employment status (employed, unemployed), household income, ethnicity (Caucasian, non-Caucasian)

^cnon-significant covariates were trimmed from adjusted models

^dstress is run as a z-score

^eexercise is run as a z-score

^ffemale = –1, male = 1 (all models).