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. 2022 Dec 8;10(12):2479. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122479

Table 6.

Diabetes Medication Use Risk according to the Physical Activity Level.

Physical Activity Levels
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.