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Table 4 Association between PA variables and the risk of incident reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterols

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

No. with incident reduced HDL (N = 139, 25.9%)

 

No. at risk (N = 537)

No. incident reduced HDL (% 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)

29

11 (1.9)

ref

 

ref

 

 Medium (75–149)

125

31 (5.4)

0.85 (0.41–1.74)

0.648

0.86 (0.41–1.79)

0.683

 High (≥ 150)

383

97 (16.9)

0.77 (0.40–1.49)

0.442

0.72 (0.37–1.40)

0.332

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

 Low (< 75)

280

87 (15.2)

ref

 

ref

 

 Medium (75–149)

121

26 (4.5)

0.61 (0.39–0.96)

0.034

0.59 (0.37–0.95)

0.031

 High (≥ 150)

136

26 (4.5)

0.63 (0.41–0.98)

0.041

0.63 (0.40–0.99)

0.048

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

 Not intensively active (< 8.3)

285

88 (15.4)

ref

 

ref

 

 Moderately intensively active (8.3–16.5)

112

26 (4.5)

0.72 (0.46–1.13)

0.149

0.68 (0.43–1.09)

0.107

 Highly intensively active (≥ 16.6)

139

25 (4.4)

0.59 (0.37–0.93)

0.022

0.58 (0.36–0.93)

0.024

Change in sports-related PA over time [min/week] {24}

 Stable inactive (< 150– < 150)

276

86 (15.0)

ref

 

ref

 

 Quits activity (≥ 150– < 150)

38

8 (1.4)

0.61 (0.30–1.27)

0.189

0.66 (0.32–1.38)

0.269

 Starts activity (< 150– ≥ 150)

120

23 (4.0)

0.54 (0.34–0.87)

0.011

0.43 (0.25–0.74)

0.002*

 Stable active (≥ 150– ≥ 150)

79

18 (3.1)

0.74 (0.44–1.23)

0.245

0.67 (0.39–1.16)

0.156

Change in sports-related intensity level over time [METh/week] {11}

 Stable low (< 16.6– < 16.6)

86

92 (16.1)

ref

 

ref

 

 Decreasing (≥ 16.6– < 16.6)

101

9 (1.6)

0.56 (0.27–1.15)

0.114

0.62 (0.30–1.28)

0.193

 Increasing (< 16.6– ≥ 16.6)

50

17 (3.0)

0.48 (0.28–0.81)

0.006*

0.43 (0.24–0.77)

0.004*

 Stable high (≥ 16.6– ≥ 16.6)

289

16 (2.8)

0.57 (0.33–0.98)

0.040

0.55 (0.31–0.97)

0.040

  1. CI confidence interval, METh metabolic equivalent hours, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterols, min minutes, N number of participants, No. Number, PA physical activity, ref reference group, SES socio-economic status. 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 [*]
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

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