Table 4.

Association (OR with 95% CI) between pre-COVID-19 characteristics ¹ of the total study sample and the reported impact ² of the pandemic on three physical activity behaviours.

	Less Physically Active than Normal	Less Exercise than Normal	Not Enough Physical Activity or Exercise
Determinants:
Age, y	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.96 (0.94–0.98)
Sex (women vs. men)	1.47 (1.10–1.96)	1.54 (1.16–2.05)	1.49 (1.12–1.98)
Region
West vs. other	1.15 (0.70–1.91)	0.97 (0.59–1.59)	1.31 (0.80–2.15)
North-east vs. other	0.94 (0.56–1.58)	0.95 (0.57–1.59)	1.03 (0.62–1.72)
South vs. other	1.20 (0.70–2.05)	1.15 (0.68–1.94)	1.22 (0.72–2.07)
Living situation
(alone vs. with others)	1.47 (1.07–2.02)	1.10 (0.80–1.50)	1.35 (0.98–1.86)
BMI category
Underweight vs. normal	0.70 (0.43–1.15)	0.85 (0.53–1.37)	0.66 (0.41–1.06)
Overweight vs. normal	0.83 (0.57–1.22)	1.06 (0.73–1.55)	0.95 (0.65–1.38)
Obesity vs. normal	0.99 (0.70–1.41)	0.91 (0.64–1.29)	0.93 (0.65–1.32)
Self-rated health
Good vs. excellent	1.15 (0.78–1.69)	1.18 (0.81–1.72)	1.29 (0.88–1.88)
Fair to poor vs. excellent	1.33 (0.85–2.10)	1.23 (0.79–1.92)	1.56 (0.99–2.45)
Physical activity
(<150 vs. ≥150 min/wk)	1.26 (0.95–1.68)	0.93 (0.70–1.23)	1.21 (0.91–1.61)
Functional limitations
1–2 vs. 0 limitations	1.58 (1.16–2.15)	1.02 (0.75–1.39)	1.41 (1.04–1.92)
3–7 vs. 0 limitations	2.46 (1.57–3.85)	0.96 (0.62–1.48)	1.82 (1.17–2.84)

OR = odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. Statistically significant associations are indicted in bold. ¹ Except for age: age during the COVID-19 questionnaire completion was used. ² Including impact frequency of ‘always’ and ‘sometimes’.