Table 2
Logistic regression models for physical activity and risk of psychological distress (GHQ-12 score ⩾4)
| Cases/total N 3200/19 842 | Age adjusted OR (95% CI) | Model 1 OR (95% CI) | Model 2 OR (95% CI) | |
| Domestic activity sessions | ||||
| <1/week | 2293/13232 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1–3/week | 660/4902 | 0.74 (0.67 to 0.81) | 0.74 (0.67 to 0.81) | 0.76 (0.69 to 0.84) |
| ⩾4/week | 247/1708 | 0.80 (0.70 to 0.92) | 0.80 (0.69 to 0.92) | 0.84 (0.72 to 0.98) |
| Test for trend | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | |
| Walking activity sessions | ||||
| <1/week | 1875/10746 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1–3/week | 511/3578 | 0.78 (0.70 to 0.87) | 0.79 (0.71 to 0.88) | 0.87 (0.78 to 0.97) |
| ⩾4/week | 814/5518 | 0.81 (0.74 to 0.89) | 0.79 (0.73 to 0.87) | 0.87 (0.79 to 0.95) |
| Test for trend | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p = 0.003 | |
| Sports activity sessions | ||||
| <1/week | 2639/15207 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1–3/week | 445/3540 | 0.66 (0.59 to 0.73) | 0.67 (0.60 to 0.74) | 0.76 (0.67 to 0.84) |
| ⩾4/week | 116/1095 | 0.53 (0.43 to 0.64) | 0.56 (0.46 to 0.68) | 0.67 (0.54 to 0.82) |
| Test for trend | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | |
| All activity sessions | ||||
| ⩽3.5/week | 1058/4803 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 3.51–5.00/week | 1019/6769 | 0.61 (0.55 to 0.67) | 0.60 (0.55 to 0.67) | 0.67 (0.61 to 0.75) |
| 5.01–6.75/week | 470/3219 | 0.57 (0.51 to 0.65) | 0.57 (0.50 to 0.66) | 0.67 (0.59 to 0.76) |
| >6.75/week | 653/5051 | 0.48 (0.43 to 0.54) | 0.49 (0.43 to 0.54) | 0.59 (0.52 to 0.66) |
| Test for trend | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 |
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Model 1: adjustment for age, gender, social economic group and marital status.
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Model 2: adjustment for age, gender, social economic group, marital status, body mass index category, long-standing illness, smoking, survey year and mutual adjustment for all types of activity.
