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Table 3 | Multivariable logistic regression of simple physical activity index and more than 20 hospital days in subgroups after 20 years follow-up

From: Usual physical activity and subsequent hospital usage over 20 years in a general population: the EPIC-Norfolk cohort

 

Inactive

(n = 7559) (ref)

Any-activity

(n = 17,455) OR (95% CI)a

Men and women

 Men (n = 11,228)

1

0.92 (0.84–1.01)

 Women (n = 13,786)

1

0.87 (0.80–0.95)

By age above and below 65 years

 Younger than 65 years (n = 17,372)

1

0.86 (0.80–0.93)

 65 years and older (n = 7642)

1

0.91 (0.83–1.01)

Manual and non-manual social class

 Non-manual (n = 14,717)

1

0.89 (0.82–0.97)

 Manual (n = 9752)

1

0.89 (0.81–0.99)

By level of education

 Higher level (n = 15,866)

1

0.91 (0.84–0.98)

 Lower level (n = 9130)

1

0.87 (0.78–0.95)

By smoking status

 Former or never smoker (n = 21,892)

1

0.88 (0.83–0.95)

 Current smoker (n = 2904)

1

0.97 (0.82–1.16)

By level of body mass index

 BMI ≤ 30 kg/m2 (n = 21,158)

1

0.90 (0.84–0.97)

 BMI > 30 kg/m2 (n = 3803)

1

0.86 (0.75–1.00)

Prevalent disease

 No reported chronic disease (n = 22,721)

1

0.90 (0.84–0.96)

 Self-report chronic disease (n = 2254)

1

0.94 (0.78–1.14)

Survival to end of follow-up

 Alive after March 2019 (n = 15,919)

1

0.90 (0.82–0.98)

 Died prior to March 2019 (n = 9095)

1

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

Excluding first five years

 Admissions 2004–2019 (n = 23,487)

1

0.93 (0.87–1.00)

  1. a Adjusted for age, sex, manual social class, lower education level, current cigarette smoker, body mass index > 30 kg/m2.