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Table 2 Associations of chronic conditions, multimorbidity, and number of chronic conditions with highly sedentary behavior (outcome) estimated by multivariable logistic regression

From: Physical chronic conditions, multimorbidity and sedentary behavior amongst middle-aged and older adults in six low- and middle-income countries

  

Overall

50–64 years

≥65 years

Angina

Yes vs. No

1.04 [0.83,1.31]

1.00 [0.71,1.41]

1.10 [0.84,1.45]

Arthritis

Yes vs. No

1.22* [1.03,1.44]

1.17 [0.92,1.49]

1.33* [1.07,1.67]

Asthma

Yes vs. No

1.39* [1.07,1.80]

1.59* [1.02,2.47]

1.24 [0.95,1.61]

Chronic back pain

Yes vs. No

1.70*** [1.37,2.11]

1.38 [0.98,1.95]

1.87*** [1.43,2.44]

Chronic lung disease

Yes vs. No

1.48*** [1.19,1.85]

1.69*** [1.26,2.26]

1.38* [1.05,1.82]

Diabetes

Yes vs. No

1.15 [0.93,1.44]

1.24 [0.89,1.72]

1.15 [0.88,1.49]

Edentulism

Yes vs. No

1.11 [0.86,1.43]

0.87 [0.61,1.26]

1.14 [0.84,1.54]

Hearing problems

Yes vs. No

1.58*** [1.23,2.02]

1.20 [0.68,2.11]

1.54** [1.16,2.03]

Hypertension

Yes vs. No

0.98 [0.85,1.14]

0.98 [0.79,1.22]

1.03 [0.85,1.26]

Stroke

Yes vs. No

2.02*** [1.53,2.67]

2.20*** [1.46,3.32]

2.09*** [1.46,3.00]

Visual impairment

Yes vs. No

2.62*** [1.75,3.93]

2.11 [0.86,5.19]

2.45*** [1.52,3.95]

Multimorbiditya

Yes vs. No

1.41*** [1.19,1.66]

1.17 [0.93,1.48]

1.81*** [1.39,2.36]

Number of chronic conditions

0

1.00

1.00

1.00

1

1.09 [0.88,1.37]

1.07 [0.82,1.40]

1.35 [0.97,1.88]

2

1.16 [0.93,1.46]

1.01 [0.75,1.36]

1.67* [1.07,2.61]

3

1.55*** [1.21,1.98]

1.10 [0.69,1.74]

2.36*** [1.58,3.52]

≥4

2.22*** [1.68,2.94]

2.26*** [1.44,3.53]

2.98*** [1.96,4.51]

  1. Data are odds ratio [95% confidence interval]
  2. Highly sedentary behavior referred to being sedentary for ≥8 h/day
  3. Models are adjusted for sex, age, education, wealth, setting, unemployment, living arrangement, and country. For individual chronic conditions, the models were also adjusted for the presence of other chronic conditions
  4. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  5. aMultimorbidity was defined as ≥2 chronic conditions