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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2017 Apr 19;14(8):626–635. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0419

Table 2:

Associations between individual Physical Activity Index components and odds of very-good/excellent health status, multimorbidity and functional limitations

0 0.1–7.49 7.5–14.9 15–22.49 22.5+ P-Trend

MVPA (MET-hrs/wk) N 2293 467 515 366 949
Excellent health* 1.0 (referent) 1.48 (0.93, 2.35) 1.67 (1.14, 2.45) 1.48 (1.05, 2.08) 2.98 (2.42, 3.67) <0.01
Functional Limitations* 1.0 (referent) 0.65 (0.41, 1.03) 0.84 (0.53, 1.35) 0.68 (0.39, 1.18) 0.49 (0.34, 0.69) <0.01
Multi-morbidity# 1.0 (referent) 1.02 (0.77, 1.34) 0.70 (0.55, 0.88) 0.71 (0.48, 1.07) 0.50 (0.39, 0.64) <0.01
Metabolic syndrome# 1.0 (referent) 0.82 (0.55, 1.23) 0.80 (0.58, 1.12) 0.61 (0.33, 1.13) 0.64 (0.44, 0.92) <0.01

TV (hrs/day) Never/0 1–2 2–3 3–4 5+

N 635 700 1146 1343 766
Excellent health* 1.0 (referent) 1.94 (1.03, 3.67) 2.08 (1.18, 3.67) 2.14 (1.18, 3.89) 3.43 (1.88, 6.26) <0.01
Functional Limitations* 1.0 (referent) 0.86 (0.60, 1.24) 0.64 (0.48, 0.86) 0.39 (0.21, 0.71) 0.49 (0.31, 0.78) <0.01
Multi-morbidity# 1.0 (referent) 0.64 (0.48, 0.86) 0.56 (0.40, 0.78) 0.46 (0.32, 0.65) 0.35 (0.26, 0.47) <0.01
Metabolic syndrome# 1.0 (referent) 0.58 (0.37, 0.93) 0.75 (0.54, 1.04) 0.65 (0.42, 1.00) 0.32 (0.20, 0.52) <0.01

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

Estimated fitness (quintiles) N 924 924 978 891 900
Excellent health* 1.0 (referent) 1.41 (0.83, 2.40) 1.48 (0.93, 2.35) 2.10 (1.02, 4.32) 3.37 (2.04, 5.56) <0.01
Functional Limitations* 1.0 (referent) 0.94 (0.77, 1.15) 0.84 (0.55, 1.27) 0.63 (0.33, 1.20) 0.64 (0.31, 1.30) 0.16
Multi-morbidity# 1.0 (referent) 0.32 (0.23, 0.46) 0.19 (0.12, 0.29) 0.11 (0.07, 0.19) 0.11 (0.07, 0.16) <0.01
Metabolic syndrome# 1.0 (referent) 0.68 (0.48, 0.98) 0.64 (0.41, 1.00) 0.70 (0.42, 1.15) 0.36 (0.13, 0.96) <0.01

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

Grip Strength (quintiles) N 1135 966 805 839
Excellent health* 1.0 (referent) 1.25 (0.84, 1.84) 1.56 (1.02, 2.39) 2.06 (1.32, 3.21) 2.88 (1.54, 5.38) <0.01
Functional Limitations* 1.0 (referent) 0.72 (0.48, 1.09) 0.62 (0.44, 0.89) 0.42 (0.26, 0.67) 0.35 (0.19, 0.66) <0.01
Multi-morbidity# 1.0 (referent) 0.39 (0.27, 0.56) 0.25 (0.17, 0.37) 0.17 (0.12, 0.23) 0.10 (0.08, 0.13) <0.01
Metabolic syndrome# 1.0 (referent) 0.73 (0.45, 1.17) 0.72 (0.44, 1.16) 0.35 (0.20, 0.62) 0.23 (0.13, 0.43) <0.01

Note: Grip strength is adjusted for Body Mass (Kg).

*

adjusted for age, gender, alcohol (never, former, current, missing), education (<HS, HS, >HS), smoking (never, former, current, missing), BMI group (<25,25–29.9, >30), race (Mexican, other Hispanic, NH While NH Black, other).

#

adjusted for age, gender, alcohol (never, former, current, missing), education (<HS, HS, >HS), smoking (never, former, current, missing), race (Mexican, other Hispanic, NH While NH Black, other).