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. 2020 Dec 29;8(12):e22090. doi: 10.2196/22090

Table 6.

BMI associations for Fitbit versus IPAQ by overall activity and total active time in multivariable logistic regressionsa.

Activity predictor Unadjusted Adjusted for demographics Adjusted for demographics, health-related behaviors, and clinical characteristics

Coefficient (95% CI) P value Coefficient (95% CI) P value Coefficient (95% CI) P value
Overall activity per 1 SD/wkb

Separate predictor models .001
.007
.01


Fitbit –1.65c (–2.15 to –1.16)
–1.51c (–1.99 to –1.03)
–1.37c (–1.84 to –0.90)


IPAQd –0.80e (–1.23 to –0.35)
–0.82c (–1.24 to –0.39)
–0.72e (–1.14 to –0.29)

Combined predictor model .001
.005
.01


Fitbit –1.57c (–2.09 to –1.05)
–1.40c (–1.90 to –0.89)
–1.28c (–1.78 to –0.77)


IPAQ –0.24 (–0.66 to 0.19)
–0.30 (–0.72 to 0.12)
–0.25 (–0.69 to 0.19)
Total active time (h/wk)

Separate predictor models <.001
<.001
.002


Fitbit –0.23c (–0.30 to –0.16)
–0.22c (–0.28 to –0.15)
–0.20c (–0.26 to –0.13)


IPAQ –0.10c (–0.15 to –0.04)
–0.10c (–0.15 to –0.05)
–0.09e (–0.14 to –0.04)

Combined predictor model .001
.002
.006


Fitbit –0.21c (–0.28 to –0.14)
–0.20c (–0.27 to –0.13)
–0.18c (–0.25 to –0.11)


IPAQ –0.04 (–0.10 to 0.01)
–0.05 (–0.10 to 0.01)
–0.04 (–0.09 to 0.01)

aAll models were adjusted for Fitbit wear-time, data collection season, and Fitbit device wear location. Demographics include age, gender, education, income, race, and ethnicity. This table shows the BMI difference (kg/m2) per predictor increase (95% CI). Health-related behaviors include smoking and alcohol use. Clinical characteristics include coronary artery disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. Regressions accounted for multiple observations with robust standard errors clustered by participant. P values shown are for Wald tests comparing Fitbit versus IPAQ coefficients.

b1 SD for overall activity was 3663 steps/d for Fitbit and 37.2 MET-h/wk for International Physical Activity Questionnaire.

cThese values were significant at P<.001 for cluster robust association with BMI (586 participant clusters).

dIPAQ: International Physical Activity Questionnaire.

eThese values were significant at P<.01 for cluster robust association with BMI (586 participant clusters).