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Table 4 Adjusted associations between active travel and selected health outcomes

From: Associations between active travel and weight, blood pressure and diabetes in six middle income countries: a cross-sectional study in older adults

 

Active Travel Levela

Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)

Obese (BMI ≥ 30)

High WHR

Waist circumference

BMI

Self-reported Diabetes

SBP

China

Moderate

1.07 (0.83 ; 1.37)

0.95 (0.56 ; 1.59)

0.92 (0.73 ; 1.15)

0.27 (−0.94 ; 1.48)

−0.15 (−0.64 ; 0.34)

1.31 (0.84 ; 2.06)

−4.15 (−6.96 ;–1.34)

 

High

0.91 (0.71 ; 1.16)

1.12 (0.64 ; 1.97)

0.76 (0.61 ; 0.94)

−0.84 (−1.92 ; 0.22)

−0.19 (−0.63 ; 0.26)

1.26 (0.79 ; 1.00)

−4.40 (−7.33 ;–1.46)

Ghana

Moderate

0.68 (0.47 ; 0.99)

0.79 (0.47 ; 1.34)

0.65 (0.43 ; 0.97)

−3.24 (−5.22 ;–1.47)

−0.96 (−1.79 ;–0.13)

1.31 (0.51 ; 3.35)

−1.30 (−4.03 ; 1.42)

 

High

0.40 (0.27 ; 0.61)

0.75 (0.40 ; 1.42)

1.11 (0.71 ; 1.73)

−3.28 (−5.22 ;–1.33)

−1.16 (−2.28 ;–0.04)

1.81 (0.78 ; 7.17)

3.37 (0.07 ; 6.67)

India

Moderate

1.07 (0.81 ; 1.42)

0.88 (0.58 ; 1.33)

1.06 (0.84 ; 1.35)

−0.14 (−1.08 ; 0.80)

0.17 (−0.40 ; 0.75)

0.65 (0.38 ; 1.10)

0.27 (−1.23 ; 1.80)

 

High

0.78 (0.61 ; 0.99)

0.82 (0.57 ; 1.17)

1.09 (0.89 ; 1.34)

0.05 (−0.82 ; 0.93)

−0.13 (−0.56 ; 0.30)

0.66 (0.37 ; 1.19)

−0.56 (−2.01 ; 0.89)

Mexico

Moderate

0.58 (0.29 ; 1.18)

0.67 (0.33 ; 1.35)

0.70 (0.32 ; 1.49)

−2.50 (−6.27 ; 1.28)

−1.50 (−3.04 ; 0.04)

0.95 (0.37 ; 2.42)

−2.49 (−7.06 ; 2.08)

 

High

1.17 (0.65 ; 2.09)

0.88 (0.42 ; 1.85)

1.18 (0.62 ; 2.24)

−2.25 (−5.92 ; 1.41)

−0.63 (−2.11 ; 0.85)

1.19 (0.57 ; 2.49)

−0.68 (−5.27 ; 3.92)

Russia

Moderate

1.34 (0.85 ; 2.13)

1.15 (0.61 ; 2.17)

0.73 (0.42 ; 1.29)

−5.21 (−9.95 ;–0.48)

0.86 (−0.71 ; 2.42)

0.72 (0.33 ; 1.59)

3.38 (−0.03 ; 6.79)

 

High

0.70 (0.41 ; 1.19)

0.93 (0.47 ; 1.49)

0.58 (0.36 ; 0.94)

−5.79 (−9.54 ;–2.04)

0.09 (−1.62 ; 1.81)

0.71 (0.29 ; 1.74)

−2.82 (−5.95 ; 0.32)

South Africa

Moderate

0.46 (0.25 ; 0.87)

0.63 (0.36 ; 1.13)

0.52 (0.26 ; 1.04)

−5.49 (−10.98 ; 0.00)

−1.85 (−3.76 ; 0.06)

1.32 (0.69 ; 2.54)

6.81 (0.57 ; 13.05)

 

High

0.94 (0.45 ; 1.98)

1.09 (0.53 ; 1.13)

0.33 (0.17 ; 0.67)

−1.66 (−7.29 ; 3.98)

0.63 (−2.02 ; 3.28)

1.01 (0.50 ; 2.00)

3.59 (−1.90 ; 9.07)

Pooled

Moderate

0.88 (0.75 ; 1.03)

0.91 (0.70 ; 1.18)

0.79 (0.68 ; 0.92)

−1.52 (−2.40 ;–0.65)

−0.26 (−0.62 ; 0.09)

1.14 (0.87 ; 1.51)

−1.63 (−3.19 ;–0.06)

 

High

0.71 (0.59 ; 0.86)

0.82 (0.62 ; 1.08)

0.71 (0.61 ; 0.84)

−2.16 (−3.07 ;–1.26)

−0.54 (−0.98 ;–0.11)

0.99 (0.73 ; 1.33)

−2.33 (−3.98 ;–0.69)

  1. aReference group = low/no active travel group
  2. Figures in bold are statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05. BMI Body Mass Index, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, WHR Waist-to-Hip-Ratio
  3. Results adjusted for mean centred age, sex, marital status, education, location, household wealth quintile, minutes of vigorous and moderate physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, smoking status and alcohol use