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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Sep;49(9):1817–1825. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001287

Table 3.

Geometric means and 95% CI of cardiometabolic and endocrine biomarkers by quartiles of total activity counts per day, Women’s Lifestyle Validation Studies, United States, 2010–2012.

Quartiles of Total Activity Counts per Day
1 (median=387,250) 2 (median=511,739) 3 (median=624,002) 4 (median=792,067) P-trend
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
Pro-Insulin (pmol/L), n=470
 Model 1a 19.7 18.0, 21.6 19.2 17.6, 20.9 17.8 16.0, 19.8 15.7 14.1, 17.5 0.0023
 Model 2b 18.4 16.8, 20.1 18.8 17.3, 20.4 18.5 16.7, 20.4 17.1 15.4, 19.1 0.33
C-peptide (ng/ml), n=525
 Model 1a 6.86 6.68, 7.04 6.69 6.53, 6.86 6.27 6.09, 6.45 6.40 6.22, 6.59 0.0003
 Model 2b 6.72 6.54, 6.89 6.66 6.50, 6.81 6.33 6.16, 6.51 6.55 6.37, 6.74 0.13
Insulin (mU/ml), n=453
 Model 1a 8.09 7.18, 9.12 7.07 6.33, 7.90 6.72 5.82, 7.75 5.58 4.79, 6.50 0.0004
 Model 2b 7.27 6.51, 8.12 7.03 6.36, 7.77 7.15 6.28, 8.14 6.26 5.44, 7.19 0.14
IGFBP-3 (ng/ml), n=524
 Model 1a 3.71 3.57, 3.86 3.63 3.50, 3.77 3.71 3.55, 3.88 3.87 3.70, 4.05 0.13
 Model 2b 3.73 3.58, 3.88 3.63 3.50, 3.77 3.70 3.54, 3.87 3.86 3.69, 4.04 0.21
IGF-1 (ng/ml), n=524
 Model 1a 104 98, 110 100 95, 106 103 97, 110 114 107, 121 0.0235
 Model 2b 105 99, 112 100 95, 106 103 96, 109 112 105, 120 0.11
Adiponectin (μg/ml), n=526
 Model 1a 10.2 9.2, 11.2 12.2 11.1, 13.4 14.3 12.8, 16.0 15.8 14.2, 17.7 <.0001
 Model 2b 11.0 9.9, 12.1 12.5 11.4, 13.6 13.8 12.4, 15.3 14.5 13.0, 16.2 0.0004
Leptin (ng/ml), n=524
 Model 1a 39.6 35.6, 44.0 32.4 29.3, 35.7 27.5 24.4, 30.9 21.4 19.0, 24.1 <.0001
 Model 2b 33.6 30.9, 36.5 31.1 28.9, 33.5 29.9 27.4, 32.7 25.5 23.3, 28 <.0001
Leptin-sR (ng/ml), n=524
 Model 1a 27.6 26.3, 28.9 28.7 27.5, 30.0 32.3 30.6, 34.0 34.4 32.7, 36.3 <.0001
 Model 2b 29.0 27.7, 30.3 29.0 27.9, 30.2 31.5 30.1, 33.0 32.7 31.1, 34.3 0.0002

Abbreviations: IGFBP-3, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1; Leptin-sR, leptin soluble receptor.

a

Model 1: Adjusted for age (continuous), Caucasian (yes/no), age at menopause (continuous), age at menarche (<12, 12, 13, 14+ years), parity and age at first birth (nulliparous, 1–2 children at <25 y at first birth, 1–2 children at 25+ y at first birth, 3+ children at < 25 y at first birth, 3+ children at 25+ y at first birth), postmenopausal status and post-menopausal hormone use (premenopausal, never, past, current use), smoking status (never, past, current 1–14 cigs/day, current 15+ cigs/day), alcohol intake (0, 0,1 – <5, 5 – <15, 15+ g/day), multivitamin use (yes.no), family history of cancer (yes/no), caffeine intake (quartiles), total fiber intake (quartiles) and total accelerometer wear time (hours/day, continuous).

b

Model 2: Model 1 + adjusted for body mass index (kg/m2, continuous).

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