Is physical activity maintenance from adolescence to young adulthood associated with reduced CVD risk factors, improved mental health and satisfaction with life: the HUNT Study, Norway

Table 2 CVD risk in inactive maintainers and adopters compared to active maintainers in young adulthood

Variables	IMs against AMs ^*			IMs against AMs ^*			Adopters against AMs ^#			Adopters against AMs ^#
	Males			Females			Males			Females
	B	P	95% CI	B	P	95% CI	B	P	95% CI	B	P	95% CI
BMI	-.58	.146	−1.37, 0.20	-.34	.418	−1.16, 0.48	-.69	.129	−1.59, 0.20	-.66	.123	−1.49, 0.18
Waist circumference (cm)	−3.54	.001	−5.64, -1.43	−1.89	.103	−4.17, 0.38	−1.87	.124	−4.25, 0.51	−1.90	.102	−4.19, 0.39
Resting heart rate (HR)	−5.66	.000	−7.75, -3.56	−6.25	.000	−8.02, -4.48	−6.21	.000	−8.87, -3.54	−2.82	.002	−4.57, -1.07
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	.03	.971	−1.85, 1.92	−1.77	.016	−3.20, -0.33	−1.17	.285	−3.33, 0.98	−1.79	.017	−3.25, -0.33
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	1.65	.144	−0.57, 3.86	−1.22	.218	−3.17, 0.72	-.80	.551	−3.43, 1.84	−1.51	.127	−3.46, 0.43
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	.06	.018	0.01, 0.11	.05	.069	−0.00, 0.11	.07	.020	0.01, 0.13	.02	.423	−0.03, 0.08
Cholesterol (total) (mmol/l)	-.19	.046	−0.38, -0.00	-.03	.706	−0.19, 0.13	.01	.967	−0.22, 0.23	-.30	.000	−0.46, -0.14
Glucose (mmol/l)	-.03	.751	−0.21, 0.15	.16	.156	−0.06, 0.38	-.33	.108	−0.72, 0.07	.21	.070	−0.02, 0.43
Triglycerides	-.12	.308	−0.36, 0.11	-.09	.224	−0.23, 0.05	-.17	.256	−0.45, 0.12	-.11	.161	−0.27, 0.04

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