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. 2019 Feb 18;14:419–430. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S183029

Table 3.

Linear regression analyses exploring the associations of “low-intensity movement,” “high-intensity movement,” and “sleep” components with participant characteristics for COPD and control groups

Variables COPD
Controls
Low-intensity movement
High-intensity movement
Sleep
Low-intensity movement
High-intensity movement
Sleep
R P-value R P-value R P-value R P-value R P-value R P-value
Demographics

 Age −0.067 0.490 0.393 <0.001 0.061 0.529 −0.044 0.611 0.348 <0.001 0.190 0.028
 Gendera −0.143 0.138 −0.096 0.319 0.267 0.005 −0.094 0.279 −0.070 0.420 0.254 0.003

Respiratory health

 mMRC score 0.348 <0.001 −0.105 0.278 0.206 0.032 0.219 0.012 −0.104 0.235 0.090 0.304
 FEV1 −0.187 0.332 −0.008 0.065 0.293 0.002 −0.080 0.356 0.089 0.308 −0.055 0.530

Perceived general health

 Mobilityb 0.250 0.009 −0.133 0.168 0.142 0.141 −0.046 0.601 −0.120 0.169 −0.038 0.665
 Self-careb −0.150 0.120 0.201 0.036 0.061 0.528 0.064 0.465 −0.096 0.270 −0.069 0.431
 Activitiesb 0.218 0.024 −0.173 0.074 0.185 0.057 −0.013 0.883 −0.109 0.215 −0.166 0.058
 Painb −0.149 0.121 −0.124 0.200 0.111 0.250 0.031 0.720 0.202 0.020 −0.165 0.057
 General health indexb 0.216 0.025 0.148 0.129 −0.126 0.195 −0.032 0.721 0.149 0.090 0.172 0.049

Body composition

 BMI 0.206 0.031 −0.072 0.460 0.016 0.870 0.349 <0.001 −0.046 0.599 −0.061 0.486
 Percentage body fat −0.147 0.126 −0.014 0.883 0.189 0.049 0.234 0.007 −0.070 0.426 0.076 0.386
 Waist circumference 0.277 0.004 −0.155 0.107 −0.073 0.453 0.319 <0.001 −0.133 0.127 −0.140 0.108

Physical function

 ISWT 0.260 0.007 0.317 0.001 0.211 0.031 0.265 0.002 0.231 0.007 0.015 0.865
 Usual walking speedc 0.215 0.024 0.199 0.038 −0.134 0.166 0.157 0.069 0.254 0.003 0.053 0.543

Notes:

a

0= female, 1= male;

b

1= no, 2= slight, 3= moderate, 4= severe, 5= unable/extreme problems; and

c

1= slow, 2= average, 3= fairly brisk, 4= brisk. Bold values represent P<0.05.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; ISWT, incremental shuttle walk test; mMRC, modified Medical Research Council.