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. 2021 Jul 22;11(7):e052451. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052451

Table 3.

Multivariate linear regression for the associations between weight change and COVID-19-related stress, depression score and the change in sedentary time during the 4-month lockdown

Men (N=2549) Women (N=10 340) Total (N=12 889)
Coefficient (95% CI) P value Coefficient (95% CI) P value Coefficient (95% CI) P value
COVID-19-related stress*
 None Reference Reference Reference
 Mild 0.184 (−0.309 to 0.677) 0.82 −0.035 (−0.239 to 0.170) 0.99 −0.015 (−0.205 to 0.176) 0.99
 Moderate −0.320 (−1.063 to 0.423) 0.73 0.049 (−0.259 to 0.356) 0.99 −0.025 (−0.310 to 0.261) 0.99
 Major 0.213 (−0.720 to 0.146) 0.96 0.039 (−0.341 to 0.418) 0.99 0.056 (−0.298 to 0.409) 0.99
 Severe 0.878 (0.149 to 1.607) 0.01 0.493 (0.130 to 0.816) <0.001 0.551 (0.254 to 0.847) <0.001
Change in sedentary time (hour/day) 0.530 (0.490 to 0.571) <0.001 0.463 (0.446 to 0.481) <0.001 0.476 (0.460 to 0.492) <0.001
Depression score 0.023 (0.001 to 0.047) 0.04 0.019 (0.008 to 0.030) 0.001 0.017 (0.007 to 0.027) 0.001

Data are expressed as weight change in kilogram related to each variable. Results were evaluated via multivariate linear regression.

*For COVID-19-related stress, no stress was a reference.