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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2015 Dec;12(12):1582–1588. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0491

Table 2.

Odds Ratios for Muscle Strengthening Activity as a Predictor of Elevated CRP for Men in a Sample from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cycles 1999–2004

Variable Model 1
OR (95% CI)
Model 2
OR (95% CI)
Model 3
OR (95% CI)
MSA
None 1.00 1.00 1.00
Some Activity 0.65 (0.46–0.92)* 0.80 (0.55–1.17) 0.90 (0.61–1.34)
Meets Rec. 0.57 (0.49–0.67)* 0.73 (0.61–0.88)* 0.77 (0.63–0.95)*
Non-HDL-C (mg/dL)
< 130 1.00 1.00
130 to < 160 1.20 (0.96–1.50) 1.11 (0.88–1.41)
160 to < 190 1.59 (1.19–2.12)* 1.43 (1.07–1.91)*
≥ 190 1.78 (1.36–2.31)* 1.56 (1.19–2.04)*
HDL-C (mg/dL)
≥ 40 1.00 1.00
< 40 1.50 (1.25–1.81)* 1.24 (1.02–1.51)*
Cotinine (ng/mL)
< 3 1.00 1.00
≥ 3 1.31 (1.09–1.59)* 1.55 (1.25–1.94)*
Glycohemoglobin (%)
< 5.7 1.00 1.00
5.7 to < 6.5 1.79 (1.48–2.16)* 1.43 (1.14–1.78)*
≥ 6.5 1.84 (1.27–2.66)* 1.35 (0.94–1.93)
Hypertension
SBP ≤ 140, or DBP ≤ 90 1.00 1.00
SBP > 140, or DBP > 90 1.67 (1.32–2.12)* 1.32 (1.02–1.71)*
WC (cm)
1.04 (1.03–1.05)*

Independent variable(s) included in Model 1: muscle strengthening activity; Model 2: muscle strengthening activity, non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, Serum Cotinine, Glycohemoglobin, and hypertension; Model 3 included all variables from Model 2 and waist circumference.

*

Significant predictors (P<0.05).

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MSA, muscle strengthening activity; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; WC, waist circumference; BP, blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP; diastolic blood pressure; cm, centimeter; mg/dL, milligram per deciliter; ng/mL, nanogram per milliliter