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. 2019 Jan 16;19:74. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6424-y

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)
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