Table 2. Odd ratios for high psychological distress of the study participants, Croatia (2017).

Study variables	Physical activity and psychological distress	Physical fitness and psychological distress	Physical activity and physical fitness with psychological distress
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Physical activity
Sufficient	1.00		1.00
Insufficient	2.60 (1.92–3.52)***		2.35 (1.72–3.21)***
Physical fitness
Tertile 3 (highest)		1.00	1.00
Tertile 2		1.94 (1.25–3.01)**	1.77 (1.14–2.77)*
Tertile 1 (lowest)		2.59 (1.65–4.08)***	2.00 (1.26–3.20)**
Gender
Men	1.00	1.00	1.00
Women	2.18 (1.57–3.02)***	2.17 (1.57–3.01)***	2.00 (1.44–2.78)***
Body-mass index
Normal	1.00	1.00	1.00
Overweight/obesity	1.09 (0.71–1.67)	1.01 (0.66–1.55)	1.02 (0.66–1.57)
Self-rated health
Good	1.00	1.00	1.00
Poor	2.13 (1.38–3.30)***	2.03 (1.31–3.12)***	2.04 (1.31–3.16)***
Material status
Middle/high	1.00	1.00	1.00
Low	2.32 (1.14–4.74)*	2.12 (1.04–4.33)*	2.22 (1.08–4.53)*
Binge drinking
No	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.71 (1.26–2.33)***	1.76 (1.30–2.38)***	1.75 (1.28–2.93)**
Chronic disease/s
No	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.91 (1.26–2.89)***	1.96 (1.30–2.95)***	1.94 (1.28–2.93)**
Sleep quality
Very good/good	1.00	1.00	1.00
Poor/very poor	3.44 (2.28–5.19)***	3.34 (2.22–5.04)***	3.29 (2.18–4.98)***

Notes:

Model 1: Examines the associations of physical activity with psychological distress adjusted for gender, body-mass index, self-rated health, material status, binge drinking, chronic disease/s and sleep quality.

Model 2: Examines the associations of physical fitness with psychological distress adjusted for gender, body-mass index, self-rated health, material status, binge drinking, chronic disease/s and sleep quality.

Model 3: Examines the associations of physical activity and physical fitness entered simultaneously into the model with psychological distress adjusted for gender, body-mass index, self-rated health, material status, binge drinking, chronic disease/s and sleep quality.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.01.