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Table 5 Estimates for the sensitivity analysis B: three latent classes Growth Mixture Model of healthy ageing and multinomial logistic regressions coefficients with reduced sample (studies with information on less vigorous activity)

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

Latent classes (n = 91,950)

 

High stable

Low stable

Fast decline

n (%)

61,774 (67.2)

25,461 (27.7)

4715 (5.1)

Mean Intercept (SE)

78.21 (0.08)

52.51 (0.13)

78.92 (0.23)

Mean Linear Slope (SE)

0.42 (0.04)

−0.84 (0.05)

−7.97 (0.49)

Mean Quadratic Slope (SE)

−0.09 (0.004)

0.03 (0.005)

0.41 (0.05)

Variance Intercept (SE)

75.32 (1.15)

Variance Linear Term (SE)

2.80 (0.23)

Variance Quadratic Term (SE)

0.03 (0.002)

Covariance Intercept-Linear Term (SE)

−1.07 (0.36)

Covariance Intercept-Quadratic Term (SE)

0.04 (0.04)

Covariance Linear-Quadratic Terms (SE)

−0.23 (0.02)

Physically active (n = 87,806)

 No

Reference class

Ref.

 Yes, OR (95% CI)

0.18 [0.17, 0.20]

0.41 [0.36, 0.46]

Vigorous physical activity (n = 81,556)

 Never

Reference class

Ref.

 Once per week, OR (95% CI)

0.27 [0.25, 0.28]

0.43 [0.35, 0.53]

 2/3 times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.21 [0.19, 0.24]

0.20 [0.14, 0.30]

 4+ times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.14 [0.13, 0.15]

0.58 [0.47, 0.71]

Less vigorous physical activity (n = 80,707)

 Never

Reference class

Ref.

 Once per week, OR (95% CI)

0.21 [0.19, 0.23]

0.32 [0.25, 0.40]

 2/3 times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.10 [0.09, 0.11]

0.15 [0.11, 0.20]

 4+ times per week, OR (95% CI)

0.09 [0.08, 0.10]

0.24 [0.20, 0.29]

  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