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 4 Satisfaction with life and mental health in inactive maintainers and adopters against active maintainers

Variables	IMs against AMs						Adopters against AMs
	Males			Females			Males			Females
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Perceived health
Not so good	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Good/very good	2.87	1.32, 6.23	.008	2.59	1.51, 4.46	.001	3.60	1.54, 8.41	.003	1.59	.86, 2.91	.138
Satisfaction with life
Dissatisfied	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Satisfied	1.81	.98, 3.38	.060	1.96	1.22, 3.14	.005	2.15	1.08, 4.29	.029	1.88	1.17, 3.01	.009
Mental health status (CONOR-MHI)*
First tertile (1.00-1.79)	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Second tertile (1.80-2.29)	.44	.27, .73	.001	.47	.30, .75	.001	1.06	.59, 1 .88	.857	.98	.65, 1.48	.919
Third tertile (2.30-6.00)	.26	.15, .48	.000	.42	.26, .70	.001	.39	.21, .74	.004	1.01	.63, 1.62	.960
Feel Nervous/restless
No	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Little, good amount, very much	.25	.52, 1.19	.252	.62	.44, .88	.007	.63	.39, 1.03	.066	.95	.66, 1.36	.775
Felt troubled by anxiety
No	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Little, good amount, very much	.59	.33, 1.06	.079	.47	.29, .75	.002	.64	.32, 1.30	.218	.52	.49, 1.44	.519
Felt down/depressed
No	1.0			1.0			1.0			1.0
Little, good amount, very much	.73	.47, 1.14	.162	.70	.49, 1.00	.054	.53	.32, .88	.014	1.23	.84, 1.81	.282

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