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. 2021 Feb 18;21:379. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10431-6

Table 2.

Correlates of Regular  Leisure-Time Physical Activity

Dependent Variable: LTPA in Jan 2019
Men Women
Independent Variable OR CI OR CI
Age group
 50–54 (ref) 1.00 1.00
 55–59 1.71 * (1.03, 2.84) 1.08 (0.82, 1.42)
 60–64 1.77 * (1.07, 2.95) 1.28 (0.97, 1.70)
 65–69 2.05 * (1.19, 3.56) 1.40 (0.99, 1.97)
  ≥ 70 2.21 ** (1.24, 3.94) 2.20 *** (1.50, 3.23)
Race/ethnicity
 Chinese (ref) 1.00 1.00
 Malay 0.56 ** (0.40, 0.78) 0.52 *** (0.37, 0.72)
 Indian 0.65 * (0.46, 0.90) 0.76 (0.55, 1.03)
 Others 1.29 (0.80, 2.08) 1.18 (0.70, 2.00)
Schooling
 Less than secondary (ref) 1.00 1.00
 Secondary 1.14 (0.93, 1.40) 1.29 ** (1.08, 1.53)
 Tertiary 1.92 *** (1.56, 2.38) 1.85 *** (1.52, 2.26)
Married 0.94 (0.74, 1.21) 0.99 (0.84, 1.16)
Fully retired 2.26 *** (1.88, 2.72) 1.54 *** (1.28, 1.85)
Lives alone 0.99 (0.83, 1.18) 1.19 * (1.01, 1.39)
Income 1.05 *** (1.03, 1.08) 1.04 *** (1.02, 1.06)
Number of children 0.95 (0.88, 1.04) 1.04 (0.97, 1.13)
Worse self-rated health 0.73 *** (0.62, 0.86) 0.68 *** (0.59, 0.8)
1+ ADL limitation 0.56 ** (0.40, 0.79) 0.93 (0.70, 1.22)
Have chronic condition(s) 0.90 (0.77, 1.05) 0.93 (0.80, 1.07)
Ever smoke 0.91 (0.76, 1.08) 1.87 (0.58, 1.27)
Satisfied with social life 1.44 *** (1.23, 1.69) 1.75 *** (1.51, 2.03)
Expect to live past age 75 1.10 (0.91, 1.33) 1.12 (0.94, 1.32)
Model fit:
Pseudo R2 8.0% 6.1%

Note: OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001