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. 2022 Sep 9;61(6):4738–4757. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01650-1

Table 2.

Results from the medflex analyses

Healthy diet Physical activity
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted
OR (95% CI)
No religiosity (0P0C) ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Public religiosity-church only (0P1C) NDE 1.91 (1.37;2.67) 1.66 (1.15;2.37) 1.76 (1.25;2.49) 1.55 (1.07;2.22) 1.79 1.09;2.885) 1.67 (1.00;2.63) 1.59 (0.97;2.51) 1.53 (0.92;2.43)
NIE 1.04 (1.00;1.09) 1.02 (0.99;1.06) 1.11 (1.04;1.18) 1.07 (1.02;1.14) 1.05 (0.99;1.11) 1.03 (0.98;1.08) 1.16 (1.06;1.26) 1.11 (1.03;1.20)
TE 1.99 (1.43;2.78) 1.70 (1.18;2.42) 1.95 (1.37;2.77) 1.67 (1.15;2.38) 1.87 (1.14;2.98) 1.72 (1.03;2.71) 1.83 (1.12;2.89) 1.70 (1.02;2.71)
Private religiosity-prayer only (1P0C) NDE 1.22 (0.87;1.73) 1.03 (0.71;1.49) 1.18 (0.82;1.69) 0.99 (0.68;1.43) 0.96 (0.61;1.50) 0.91 (0.57;1.45) 0.90 (0.58;1.39) 0.88 (0.53;1.40)
NIE 1.01 (0.98;1.05) 1.01 (0.98;1.04) 1.03 (0.98;1.08) 1.03 (0.99;1.07) 1.02 (0.98;1.06) 1.02 (0.97;1.05) 1.04 (0.98;1.11) 1.04 (0.98;1.11)
TE 1.24 (0.88;1.76) 1.04 (0.72;1.50) 1.22 (0.85;1.75) 1.02 (0.70;1.48) 0.98 (0.61;1.53) 0.93 (0.58;1.47) 0.94 (0.60;1.45) 0.91 (0.55;1.47)
Public religiosity-church and prayer (1P1C) NDE 2.46 (1.80;3.39) 2.02 (1.41;2.86) 2.32 (1.68;3.19) 1.90 (1.33;2.71) 1.53 (1.00;2.29) 1.45 (0.94;2.20) 1.36 (0.89;2.07) 1.33 (0.86;1.97)
NIE 1.05 (1.00;1.10) 1.03 (0.99;1.07) 1.12 (1.05;1.19) 1.09 (1.02;1.16) 1.05 (0.99;1.12) 1.04 (0.98;1.10) 1.17 (1.08;1.28) 1.14 (1.05;1.23)
TE 2.58 (1.90;3.53) 2.08 (1.46;2.94) 2.60 (1.89;3.57) 2.08 (1.45;2.96) 1.61 (1.06;2.40) 1.51 (0.98;2.27) 1.59 (1.05;2.41) 1.51 (0.97;2.25)

*Model 1 refers to the model including the binary social network variable whereas model 2 refers to the model including the continuous social network sum score variable

**Adjusted for sex, age group, level of education, cohabitation status, country of origin, and employment status

***NDE = Natural direct effect, NIE = Natural indirect effect, and TE = Total effect. NIE shows the effect of the independent variable that goes through the mediator

****Note: No religiosity (0P0C): Closed towards both prayer/meditation practice and church/mosque attendance, public religiosity-church only (0P1C): Closed towards prayer/meditation practice but open towards church/mosque attendance, private religiosity-prayer only (1P0C): Open towards prayer/meditation practice bud closed towards church/mosque attendance, and public religiosity-church and prayer (1P1C): Open towards both prayer/meditation practice and church/mosque attendance