Table 2:
Weighted analysis of the likelihood of having poor HRQoLa among different levels of physical activity based on intensity
| No. with poor HRQoL/ No. of participants | Model Ib OR (95% CI) |
Model IIc OR (95% CI) |
Model IIId OR (95% CI) |
Model IVe OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Health | |||||
| VIPA | 1904/8847 | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) |
| LMPA | 1507/4736 | 1.67 (1.43, 1.96) | 1.36 (1.15, 1.60) | 1.24 (1.04, 1.48) | 1.22 (1.02, 1.46) |
| No PA | 3900/8353 | 3.09 (2.72, 3.50) | 2.79 (2.45,3.18) | 1.97 (1.72, 2.59) | 1.82 (1.58, 2.10) |
| p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
| Mental Health | |||||
| VIPA | 777/8847 | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) |
| LMPA | 926/4736 | 2.37 (1.93, 2.91) | 1.31 (1.06, 1.63) | 1.16 (0.92, 1.46) | 1.15 (0.91, 1.44) |
| No PA | 1848/8353 | 2.69 (2.27, 3.17) | 2.00 (1.67, 2.39) | 1.34 (1.11, 1.62) | 1.28 (1.05, 1.55) |
| p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.010 | 0.044 |
Abbreviations: HRQoL – health related quality of life; No PA -no physical activity, LMPA - light to moderate physical activity; VIPA - vigorous physical activity; OR -odds ratio; CI – confidence interval; ref – reference group
a
Poor HRQoL is defined as having 14 or more physical or mental unhealthy days
b
Model I: unadjusted model
c
Model II: adjusted for age, sex, race
d
Model III: adjusted for age, sex, race, education, income, smoking status, BMI, and number of chronic conditions
e
Model IV: adjusted for age, sex, race, education, income, smoking status, BMI, number of chronic conditions and CHD groups.