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. 2020 Nov 19;2(4):216–220. doi: 10.1016/j.smhs.2020.11.002

Table 1.

Logistic association of sociodemographic and health factors with PA recommendations and sedentary behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Variables ≥500 METs-min/week
≥4 h Sitting
Crude Analysis
Adjusted Analysis
Crude Analysis
Adjusted Analysis
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) ∗ OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) ∗
Sex
 Female 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Male 1.86 (1.073.26) 1.89 (1.023.53) 0.69 (0.41–1.17) 0.61 (0.34–1.11)
Age
 18–59 y 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥60 y 0.74 (0.42–1.28) 0.49 (0.23–1.06) 2.04 (1.213.46) 2.18 (1.064.50)
Ethnic Group
 White 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Others 1.16 (0.65–2.04) 1.41 (0.76–2.60) 1.11 (0.65–1.89) 1.11 (0.63–1.95)
Living Place
 Urban 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Rural 1.07 (0.60–1.88) 1.04 (0.56–1.96) 0.77 (0.45–1.30) 0.68 (0.38–1.22)
Employment
 Retired 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Unemployed 0.75 (0.40–1.41) 0.81 (0.36–1.78) 0.83 (0.46–1.48) 0.94 (0.44–1.97)
 Employed 1.18 (0.57–2.42) 1.06 (0.41–2.73) 0.48 (0.240.96) 0.79 (0.32–1.94)
Family Income
 <R$1.039 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 R$1039–3117 1.34 (0.68–2.64) 1.48 (0.70–3.13) 1.12 (0.60–2.07) 1.28 (0.65–2.51)
 >R$ 3117 1.34 (0.59–3.06) 1.67 (0.63–4.42) 0.62 (0.29–1.31) 0.77 (0.33–1.83)
Education
 Primary or Less 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Secondary 1.46 (0.82–2.57) 1.44 (0.73–2.84) 0.97 (0.57–1.66) 1.61 (0.84–3.08)
 Further 1.50 (0.42–5.30) 0.74 (0.17–3.18) 0.40 (0.12–1.33) 0.69 (0.17–2.88)
Household
 ≥3 people 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≤2 people 1.76 (0.96–3.22) 2.32 (1.164.63) 1.53 (0.86–2.73) 1.52 (0.80–2.88)
 Living Alone 1.69 (0.69–4.14) 2.92 (1.038.30) 3.15 (1.138.81) 2.85 (0.93–8.74)
Current Smoking
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 0.59 (0.23–1.41) 0.36 (0.140.95) 0.76 (0.37–1.58) 0.86 (0.39–1.92)
Multimorbidity
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 0.76 (0.44–1.32) 0.79 (0.43–1.46) 1.90 (1.123.20) 1.92 (1.073.44)
Polypharmacy
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 0.43 (0.210.89) 0.47 (0.22–1.00) 1.58 (0.86–2.91) 1.30 (0.67–2.51)
Self-Isolation
 Yes 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Sometimes 2.56 (1.354.84) 3.07 (1.476.40) 0.98 (0.52–1.85) 1.19 (0.59–2.41)
 No 0.70 (0.25–1.96) 0.61 (0.20–1.88) 0.60 (0.27–1.37) 0.61 (0.24–1.53)

∗Adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, living place, employment, family income, education, number of people in the household, and current smoking. Bold values denote statistical significance (p-value less than 0.05).