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Table 3 Interactions between time and physical activity according to grip strength group

From: Lower grip strength and insufficient physical activity can increase depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older European adults: a longitudinal study

Grip strength

EURO-D

β (95%CI)

P

Low

Time

wave 4

0.80(0.65–0.95)

< 0.001*

wave 5

0.84(0.67–1.01)

< 0.001*

wave 6

0.91(0.75–1.07)

< 0.001*

wave 7

1.25(1.06–1.45)

< 0.001*

wave 8

1.13(0.87–1.40)

< 0.001*

Physical inactivity

Inactivity

0.08(−0.11–0.27)

0.418

Time × Physical inactivity

wave 4 × Inactivity

0.64(0.24–1.05)

0.002*

wave 5 × Inactivity

0.71(0.28–1.13)

0.001*

wave 6 × Inactivity

0.78(0.40–1.17)

< 0.001*

wave 7 × Inactivity

0.61(0.15–1.06)

0.009

wave 8 × Inactivity

0.57(0.05–1.08)

0.030*

Middle

Time

wave 4

0.53(0.43–0.63)

< 0.001*

wave 5

0.62(0.51–0.73)

< 0.001*

wave 6

0.60(0.51–0.70)

< 0.001*

wave 7

0.73(0.61–0.85)

< 0.001*

wave 8

0.69(0.56–0.83)

< 0.001*

Physical inactivity

Inactivity

−0.01(−0.20–0.18)

0.913

Time × Physical inactivity

wave 4 × Inactivity

0.29(−0.08–0.66)

0.124

wave 5 × Inactivity

0.26(−0.13–0.64)

0.197

wave 6 × Inactivity

0.55(0.14–0.95)

0.008*

wave 7 × Inactivity

0.80(0.39–1.20)

< 0.001*

wave 8 × Inactivity

0.76(0.29–1.23)

0.001*

High

Time

wave 4

0.54(0.28–0.80)

< 0.001*

wave 5

0.43(0.24–0.62)

< 0.001*

wave 6

0.55(0.31–0.80)

< 0.001*

wave 7

0.54(0.30–0.78)

< 0.001*

wave 8

0.53(0.22–0.84)

0.001*

Physical inactivity

Inactivity

0.16(−0.17–0.49)

0.345

Time × Physical inactivity

wave 4 × Inactivity

0.31(−0.33–0.94)

0.345

wave 5 × Inactivity

0.76(−0.17–1.70)

0.110

wave 6 × Inactivity

0.37(−0.44–1.17)

0.372

wave 7 × Inactivity

−0.11(− 0.67–0.45)

0.704

wave 8 × Inactivity

0.31(−0.43–1.06)

0.409

  1. Adjusted for age, gender, European region, marital status, education, employment status, family economic level, smoking status, alcohol intake, heart attack, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, mobility limitation, body mass index and cognitive function
  2. Abbreviations: β coefficient, CI confidence interval
  3. *represented P value less than 0.05