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Table 3 Association between PA variables and the risk of incident elevated triglycerides

From: Longitudinal associations between physical activity and five risk factors of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged adults in Germany

No. with incident elevated triglycerides (N = 292, 50.9%)

 

No. at risk (N = 574)

No. incident elevated triglycerides (% of No. at risk)

Model 1 adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Model 2 adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Habitual PA level at baseline [min/week]

 Low (< 75)

33

19 (3.3)

ref

 

ref

 

 Medium (75–149)

130

58 (10.1)

0.98 (0.57–1.69)

0.947

1.24 (0.68–2.26)

0.489

 High (≥ 150)

411

215 (37.5)

1.14 (0.70–1.88)

0.601

1.36 (0.78–2.35)

0.277

Sports-related PA level at baseline [min/week]

 Low (< 75)

304

162 (28.2)

ref

 

ref

 

 Medium (75–149)

132

68 (11.8)

0.92 (0.69–1.24)

0.596

1.04 (0.77–1.42)

0.793

 High (≥ 150)

138

62 (10.8)

0.87 (0.65–1.17)

0.369

1.02 (0.74–1.40)

0.912

Sports-related intensity level at baseline [METh/week] {1}

 Not intensively active (< 8.3)

316

170 (29.6)

ref

 

ref

 

 Moderately intensively active (8.3–16.5)

119

62 (10.8)

0.97 (0.72–1.30)

0.818

1.06 (0.78–1.44)

0.733

 Highly intensively active (≥ 16.6)

138

60 (10.5)

0.83 (0.62–1.12)

0.224

0.96 (0.70–1.33)

0.814

Change in sports-related PA over time [min/week] {28}

 Stable inactive (< 150– < 150)

296

167 (29.1)

ref

 

ref

 

 Quits activity (≥ 150– < 150)

52

29 (5.1)

0.95 (0.64–1.41)

0.800

1.08 (0.72–1.63)

0.705

 Starts activity (< 150– ≥ 150)

119

50 (8.7)

0.62 (0.45–0.85)

0.003*

0.62 (0.44–0.88)

0.007*

 Stable active (≥ 150– ≥ 150)

79

36 (6.3)

0.76 (0.53–1.10)

0.141

0.87 (0.59–1.29)

0.484

Change in sports-related intensity level over time [METh/week] {13}

 Stable low (< 16.6– < 16.6)

318

181 (31.5)

ref

 

ref

 

 Decreasing (≥ 16.6– < 16.6)

58

29 (5.1)

0.88 (0.59–1.31)

0.530

1.05 (0.69–1.59)

0.823

 Increasing (< 16.6– ≥ 16.6)

110

45 (7.8)

0.58 (0.42–0.81)

0.001*

0.63 (0.44–0.89)

0.009*

 Stable high (≥ 16.6– ≥ 16.6)

75

30 (5.2)

0.66 (0.45–0.98)

0.037

0.76 (0.50–1.14)

0.182

  1. CI confidence interval, METh metabolic equivalent hours, min minutes, N number of participants, No. Number, PA physical activity, ref reference group, SES socio-economic status, TG triglycerides. Model 1: adjusted for age, sex and SES; Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, SES, and comorbidities with regard to MetS risk factors at study entry. {} indicates number of N missing. Significant values (p < 0.05) are in [bold]; significant values after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing are indicated by [*]