Table 3.
Associations between loneliness and objective physical activity (N=267a)
Loneliness unadjusted (Model 1) | Loneliness adjusted for gender, age, educational attainment, non-pension wealth, marital status, smoking, alcohol consumption, limiting illness, mobility impairment, and self-rated health (Model 2) | As in Model 2, but additionally adjusted for depressive symptoms (Model 3) | As in Model 3, but additionally adjusted for social isolation (Model 4) | |||||
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Outcome variable: | β (S.E.)b | P | β (S.E.) | P | β (S.E.) | P | β (S.E.) | P |
Total counts (24 h) | −0.121 (0.061)c | 0.048 | −0.064 (0.065)c | 0.332 | −0.087 (0.068)c | 0.199 | −0.081 (0.067) | 0.232 |
Waking time (7:00–22:00 h) | ||||||||
Sedentary activity | 0.106 (0.061) | 0.084 | 0.040 (0.064) | 0.529 | 0.079 (0.066) | 0.233 | 0.072 (0.065) | 0.275 |
Light physical activity | −0.072 (0.061) | 0.239 | −0.019 (0.066) | 0.770 | −0.058 (0.068) | 0.392 | −0.051 (0.067) | 0.450 |
MV physical activity | −0.120 (0.063) | 0.055 | −0.044 (0.065) | 0.493 | −0.071 (0.067) | 0.286 | −0.062 (0.067) | 0.347 |
aSubsample from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, wave 6 [2012–13]
bStandardized regression coefficients (β) and standard error in parentheses
cAdditionally adjusted for total accelerometer wear time