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. 2017 Feb 28;12(2):e0172503. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172503

Table 2. Count ratios (95% confidence intervals) of uniaxial average minutes/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sedentary or light activity estimated by negative binomial regression.

Outcome Sedentary Light MVPA
Variables Model Basic1 Stepwise1 Basic1 Stepwise1 Basic Stepwise
Sex Female - - - - - -
Male 1.06 (1.03; 1.10) 1.06 (1.03; 1.09) 0.88 (0.84; 0.92) 0.89 (0.85; 0.93) 1.24 (1.10; 1.39) 1.23 (1.09; 1.38)
Age, years <55 - - - - - -
55–61 0.97 (0.94; 1.01) 0.97 (0.93; 1.00) 1.05 (1.00; 1.11) 1.06 (1.00; 1.11) 0.99 (0.86; 1.13) 0.99 (0.86; 1.14)
>61 1.04 (1.00; 1.07) 1.04 (1.00; 1.08) 0.97 (0.91; 1.02) 0.96 (0.91; 1.01) 0.75 (0.65; 0.87) 0.76 (0.65; 0.87)
BMI (kg/m2) Normal (<25) - - - - - -
Overweight (≥25, <30) 0.99 (0.96; 1.03) 1.00 (0.97; 1.04) 1.02 (0.97; 1.08) x 0.85 (0.74; 0.98) 0.87 (0.76; 1.00)
Obese (≥30) 1.03 (0.99; 1.07) 1.04 (1.00; 1.08) 0.99 (0.94; 1.05) x 0.67 (0.57; 0.78) 0.71 (0.60; 0.83)
Education Low (<10 years of school) - - - - - -
Medium (= 10 years of school) - 1.05 (1.01; 1.08) - 0.93 (0.88; 0.98) - x
High (>10 years of school) - 1.09 (1.06; 1.13) - 0.87 (0.82; 0.92) - x
Pain/physical complaints Not at all/slight - - - - - -
Moderate/hard - x - x - 0.83 (0.70; 0.98)
Hypertension No - - - - - -
Yes - x - x - 0.91 (0.80; 1.04)
Diabetes No - - - - - -
Yes - 1.07 (1.01; 1.13) - 0.89 (0.82; 0.97) - x
[stratified by sex: 1.12 (1.04; 1.21) females; 0.99 (0.91;1.08) males] [stratified by sex: 0.80 (0.72; 0.88) females; 1.00 (0.87;1.16) males]

Significant associations (p<0.05) are shown in bold. Basic model was adjusted for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI). Besides sex, age, and BMI, considered variables in the stepwise selection model (combined forward and backward selection) were: season, education, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), difficulties with walking, pain or physical complaints, and anxiety/depression. Models with the lowest Akaike information criterion (AIC) are shown.

1Model additionally adjusted for average recorded wear time/day.

xCovariate did not remain in main model.