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Table 2 Relative importance of SB, LIPA & MVPA for incident CVD (N = 3319)

From: Association of daily composition of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with incidence of cardiovascular disease in older adults

Ilr-coordinatea

Model 1b

Model 2c

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Rotation 1: relative importance of SB

\( {z}_1^1 \)(SB increase relative to LIPA and MVPA)

1.34 (1.01–1.79)

0.04*

1.24 (0.92–1.67)

0.16

\( {z}_2^1 \)(LIPA increase relative to MVPA)

1.21 (0.88–1.67)

0.25

1.16 (0.84–1.62)

0.36

Rotation 2: relative importance of LIPA

\( {z}_1^2 \)(LIPA increase relative to SB and MVPA)

1.02 (0.68–1.51)

0.93

1.02 (0.68–1.54)

0.91

\( {z}_2^2 \)(SB increase relative to MVPA)

1.42 (1.20–1.68)

< 0.0001*

1.30 (1.09–1.56)

0.004*

Rotation 3: relative importance of MVPA

\( {z}_1^3 \)(MVPA increase relative to SB and LIPA)

0.73 (0.60–0.89)

0.002*

0.79 (0.64–0.97)

0.02*

\( {z}_2^3 \)(SB increase relative to LIPA)

1.17 (0.80–1.72)

0.41

1.12 (0.75–1.66)

0.58

  1. aSee Methods in Additional file 1 for details of ilr coordinates z1 and z2 for all rotations
  2. bModel 1 is adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, education, occupational position, alcohol consumption, smoking
  3. status, and diet
  4. cModel 2 is additionally adjusted for body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and multimorbidity index
  5. * indicates statistically significance at p < 0.05
  6. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval; CVD cardiovascular disease; HR hazard ratio; Ilr isometric log-ratio; LIPA light intensity
  7. physical activity; MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; SB sedentary behaviour