Table 3.
Non-work day time spent outdoors in relation to chronic health conditions
Body Mass Index (BMI) (n=6922, linear regression coefficient) | Allostatic Load Score (n=6955, linear regression coefficient) | Diabetes diagnosis (n=6974, odds ratio) | Cancer diagnosis (n=6954, odds ratio) | |||||
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Time Spent Outdoors on Non-Work Days | No control for activity level. | Controlled for sedentary and MVPA time | No control for activity level. | Controlled for sedentary and MVPA time | No control for activity level. | Controlled for sedentary and MVPA time | No control for activity level. | Controlled for sedentary and MVPA time |
30 minutes or less | Referent | Referent | Referent | Referent | Referent | Referent | Referent | Referent |
30 minutes to 1 hour | −0.32 | −0.23 | −0.08 | −0.07 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.72 | 0.75 |
2–3 hours | −0.74* | −0.57 | −0.14* | −0.11 | 0.35** | 0.38** | 0.83 | 0.88 |
3–4 hours | −0.66 | −0.39 | −0.16 | −0.11 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.45* | 0.49** |
4–5 hours | −1.43** | −1.12* | −0.28* | −0.22 | 0.46* | 0.53 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
5–6 hours | −0.69 | −0.41 | −0.12 | −0.06 | 0.39* | 0.41 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
6–8 hours | −1.61** | −1.29** | −0.35** | −0.29** | 0.58 | 0.66 | 0.38* | 0.41* |
Overall trend per hour | −0.20** | −0.15** | −0.04** | −0.03** | 0.87* | 0.89* | 0.93 | 0.94 |
p<0.01
p<0.05