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. 2021 Oct 25;21:1939. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11902-6

Table 3.

Results of linear regression analyses examining association between physical activity, sedentary behaviour with physical and mental HRQoL

Physical Component Score
(Physical HRQoL) a
Mental Component Score
(Mental HRQoL) a
B 95% CI p B 95% CI p
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Physical activity
 Sufficiently Active ref ref
 Insufficiently Active −2.5 −3.5 −1.4 <  0.001 −0.2 −1.6 0.9 0.71
Sedentary behavior
  < 7 h/day ref Ref
  ≥ 7 h/day −0.2 −0.9 0.6 0.60 −0.4 −1.4 0.5 0.41

B – unstandardized regression coefficient; 95% confidence interval of B

Bold print highlights statistically significant B

After accounting for listwise deletion of missing data, cases in each regression model: n = 2543

aEstimates are adjusted for sociodemographic correlates (i.e., age, sex, ethnicity, education, marital status, employment, income, BMI, chronic physical conditions)