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. 2021 Apr 5;31(4):265–271. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20190248

Table 3. Generalized equation estimation model for frequency of exercise (with interaction terms).

  Male Female


b (95% CI) P b (95% CI) P
Financial strain, every one point −0.011 (−0.027, 0.006) 0.208 −0.014 (−0.027, −0.001) 0.038
Emotional support, every one point −0.001 (−0.020, 0.017) 0.877 0.006 (−0.010, 0.022) 0.465
Instrumental support, every one point −0.009 (−0.031, 0.013) 0.431 0.005 (−0.013, 0.023) 0.606
Emotional support x Financial strain 0.000 (−0.008, 0.008) 0.986 0.005 (−0.002, 0.012) 0.194
Instrumental support x Financial strain −0.004 (−0.014, 0.005) 0.387 −0.009 (−0.017, −0.002) 0.018
Baseline age, years −0.008 (−0.014, −0.003) 0.004 −0.016 (−0.021, −0.012) <0.001
Married −0.011 (−0.112, 0.089) 0.827 −0.040 (−0.095, 0.016) 0.159
Working −0.128 (−0.194, −0.062) <0.001 0.002 (−0.061, 0.065) 0.961
Years of educationa            
 10–12 0.058 (−0.016, 0.131) 0.123 0.103 (0.046, 0.160) <0.001
 ≥13 0.173 (0.090, 0.256) <0.001 0.239 (0.153, 0.326) <0.001
Annual household income, every one class −0.006 (−0.038, 0.026) 0.713 −0.011 (−0.036, 0.014) 0.377
BMI, kg/m2 b            
 <18.5 −0.126 (−0.230, −0.022) 0.018 −0.030 (−0.110, 0.050) 0.462
 ≥25.0 −0.007 (−0.092, 0.079) 0.878 −0.095 (−0.158, −0.033) 0.003
Smoking −0.153 (−0.217, −0.090) <0.001 −0.099 (−0.201, 0.003) 0.058
BADL, every one point 0.028 (−0.012, 0.069) 0.171 −0.007 (−0.038, 0.023) 0.635
IADL, every one point −0.067 (−0.096, −0.039) <0.001 −0.013 (−0.030, 0.004) 0.135
Depression, every one point 0.002 (−0.012, 0.015) 0.826 0.003 (−0.007, 0.013) 0.598
Cognitive impairment, every one point −0.018 (−0.047, 0.010) 0.202 −0.017 (−0.039, 0.004) 0.113
Self-rated health, every one point −0.049 (−0.063, −0.035) <0.001 −0.030 (−0.042, −0.019) <0.001
Hypertension −0.015 (−0.084, 0.053) 0.663 −0.038 (−0.093, 0.016) 0.169
Heart disease −0.022 (−0.118, 0.074) 0.656 −0.024 (−0.100, 0.051) 0.525
Diabetes mellitus 0.018 (−0.088, 0.124) 0.744 −0.025 (−0.132, 0.082) 0.645
Stroke −0.041 (−0.195, 0.114) 0.605 0.156 (−0.007, 0.320) 0.061
Arthritis −0.047 (−0.144, 0.049) 0.337 0.018 (−0.043, 0.079) 0.565
Constant term 3.137 (2.750, 3.523) <0.001 3.618 (3.306, 3.931) <0.001

BADL, basic activities of daily living; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living.

aReference category was “≤9 years”.

bReference category was “18.5–24.9”.