Table 4.

Regression Adjusted Prevalence of Chronic Conditions Associated with Physical Activity Frequency Levels Overall and by Age Groups

	Physical activity levels			P
	Low (L) (%)	Intermediate (I) (%)	High (H) (%)	H vs. L	M vs. L	H vs. M
All ages
COPD	19.7	17.2	16.6	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.07
Dementia	2.5	2.4	2.1	0.0006	0.24	0.02
Diabetes	23.0	19.9	16.7	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Heart problem	20.0	19.0	18.4	<0.0001	0.001	0.08
Liver disease	2.3	2.4	1.6	<0.0001	0.91	<0.0001
PHQ-2 ≥ 3 (depression)	5.8	4.4	4.4	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.82
Renal disease	11.0	9.2	8.8	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.04
COPD, years
65–69	17.0	15.0	14.0	<0.0001	0.000	0.04
70–79	19.9	18.6	17.5	<0.0001	0.01	0.02
≥80	22.1	17.2	18.1	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.12
Dementia, years
65–69	1.3	0.8	0.7	<0.0001	0.003	0.12
70–79	1.9	1.9	2.3	0.03	0.69	0.06
≥80	4.9	4.8	3.4	<0.0001	0.86	<0.0001
Diabetes, years
65–69	23.1	19.7	16.9	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
70–79	23.7	20.0	17.2	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
≥80	21.6	19.8	15.3	<0.0001	0.005	<0.0001
Heart problems, years
65–69	12.8	11.6	11.1	<0.0001	0.02	0.21
70–79	18.2	18.0	17.9	0.61	0.79	0.79
≥80	31.9	29.6	28.3	<0.0001	0.002	0.07
Liver disease, years
65–69	3.1	3.7	2.4	0.01	0.04	<0.0001
70–79	2.9	2.1	1.6	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.006
≥80	0.6	1.3	0.7	0.42	0.000	0.002
PHQ-2 ≥ 3 (depression), years
65–69	5.9	4.4	4.2	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.52
70–79	6.1	4.0	4.5	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.02
≥80	5.4	5.1	4.4	0.0005	0.32	0.02
Renal disease, years
65–69	6.8	6.5	4.5	<0.0001	0.53	<0.0001
70–79	11.0	8.4	8.7	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.37
≥80	16.1	13.7	14.1	0.001	<0.0001	0.53

All ages, N = 17,676; 65–69 years, N = 5529; 70–79 years, N = 7873; ≥80 years, N = 4274.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PHQ-2, Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (2-item depression screen).