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Table 4 Estimates for the sensitivity analysis A: three latent classes Growth Mixture Model of healthy ageing and multinomial logistic regressions coefficients with reduced sample (studies with information on vigorous activity)

From: The impact of physical activity on healthy ageing trajectories: evidence from eight cohort studies

Latent classes (n = 100,878)

 

High stable

Low stable

Fast decline

n (%)

73,112 (72.5)

24,303 (24.1)

3463 (3.4)

Mean Intercept (SE)

77.06 (0.09)

51.88 (0.15)

78.67 (0.36)

Mean Linear Slope (SE)

0.17 (0.03)

−0.82 (0.05)

−9.16 (0.67)

Mean Quadratic Slope (SE)

−0.07 (0.003)

0.03 (0.005)

0.49 (0.07)

Variance Intercept (SE)

83.79 (1.15)

Variance Linear Term (SE)

2.80 (0.20)

Variance Quadratic Term (SE)

0.03 (0.002)

Covariance Intercept-Linear Term (SE)

−0.07 (0.32)

Covariance Intercept-Quadratic Term (SE)

−0.06 (0.03)

Covariance Linear-Quadratic Terms (SE)

−0.22 (0.02)

Physically active (n = 96,701)

 No

Reference class

Ref.

 Yes, OR (95% CI)

0.16 [0.15, 0.17]

0.40 [0.34, 0.46]

Vigorous physical activity (n = 90,451)

 Never

Reference class

Ref.

 Once per week, OR (95% CI)

0.22 [0.20, 0.24]

0.42 [0.32, 0.54]

 2/3 times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.19 [0.16, 0.21]

0.22 [0.13, 0.35]

 4+ times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.12 [0.11, 0.13]

0.65 [0.52, 0.82]

Less vigorous physical activity (n = 80,707)

 Never

Reference class

Ref.

 Once per week, OR (95% CI)

0.17 [0.15, 0.19]

0.23 [0.17, 0.31]

 2/3 times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.08 [0.07, 0.09]

0.09 [0.06, 0.14]

 4+ times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.07 [0.06, 0.07]

0.21 [0.17, 0.27]

  1. Note. CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; SE: standard error. All multinomial logistic regression models are adjusted for age, gender, study, wealth, education, smoking, and alcohol drinking