Table 6.
Diabetes Medication Use Risk according to the Physical Activity Level.
Physical Activity Levels | ||||||||||
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Inactive | Walkers | Active | Very Active | |||||||
Variables | OR | CI95% | OR | CI95% | OR | CI95% | ||||
Overall | Ref. | 0.89 | 0.74 | 1.06 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.52 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.31 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | Ref. | 0.95 | 0.75 | 1.20 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.57 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.28 |
Female | Ref. | 0.86 | 0.66 | 1.13 | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.54 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.47 |
Age Group | ||||||||||
Young | Ref. | 0.42 | 0.11 | 1.59 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 1.82 | 0.44 | 0.10 | 1.96 |
Young adults | Ref. | 0.95 | 0.58 | 1.55 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.86 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.64 |
Older adults | Ref. | 0.76 | 0.60 | 0.96 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.59 | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.46 |
Older | Ref. | 0.77 | 0.54 | 1.09 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 0.30 | 1.22 |
BMI | ||||||||||
<18.5 | Ref. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
[18.5–25) | Ref. | 0.77 | 0.51 | 1.18 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.66 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.39 |
[25–30) | Ref. | 1.11 | 0.82 | 1.50 | 0.57 | 0.40 | 0.82 | 0.32 | 0.19 | 0.56 |
>=30 | Ref. | 0.94 | 0.71 | 1.23 | 0.66 | 0.46 | 0.96 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0.73 |
Ref: reference; OR: Odds Ratio, >1 higher risk of reporting Diabetes; CI95%: 95% OR Confidence Interval; n.a. not applicable.