Multivariable logistic regression analyses of health related behaviours, social relationships, and health status variables in relation to physical activity patterns among boys at the ages of 16, 17, and 18.5 years in FinnTwin16 study
| Persistent exercisers | Persistently inactive | ||||||
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| Variable | Total | n (%) | OR (95% CI) | p | n (%) | OR (95% CI) | p |
| Values are odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for persistent activity and inactivity. | |||||||
| *p<0.05. | |||||||
| †Includes quitters. | |||||||
| ‡Other alternatives are comprehensive school, university, higher vocational school, other courses. | |||||||
| §Other alternatives are little bit better, average, little bit worse. | |||||||
| ¶Two lowest classes very poor and poor are combined. | |||||||
| NIC, Not included in the final analyses, table includes only statistically significant variables. Results for variables not shown here can be found at www.bjsportsmed.com. | |||||||
| Smoking | |||||||
| Regular smoker | 472 | 21 (4.5%) | 0.20 (0.11 to 0.36) | * | 71 (15.0%) | 1.80 (1.09 to 2.96) | * |
| Occasional smoker† | 790 | 178 (22.5%) | 0.87 (0.66 to 1.15) | 49 (6.2%) | 0.98 (0.62 to 1.53) | ||
| Non-smoker | 936 | 234 (25%) | 1.00 | 50 (5.3%) | 1.00 | ||
| Alcohol | NIC | ||||||
| Heavy users | 397 | 49 (12.3%) | 1.28 (0.95 to 1.72) | ||||
| Users | 1285 | 283 (22.0%) | 0.92 (0.55 to 1.53) | ||||
| Non-users | 548 | 113 (20.6%) | 1.00 | ||||
| Breakfast eating | |||||||
| Once a week | 274 | 13 (4.7%) | 0.39 (0.23 to 0.67) | * | 14 (5.1%) | 2.55 (1.64 to 3.97) | * |
| 3–4 times a week | 283 | 25 (8.8%) | 0.76 (0.50 to 1.14) | 13 (4.6%) | 0.94 (0.52 to 1.70) | ||
| Every morning | 1670 | 213 (12.6%) | 1.00 | 60 (3.4%) | 1.00 | ||
| School type | |||||||
| Vocational school | 885 | 107 (12.1%) | 0.46 (0.34 to 0.64) | * | 94 (10.6%) | 1.65 (1.04 to 2.62) | * |
| Other alternatives‡ | 194 | 16 (8.3%) | 0.40 (0.22 to 0.75) | * | 24 (12.4%) | 1.40 (0.67 to 2.92) | |
| Gymnasium | 1139 | 318 (27.9%) | 1.00 | 54 (4.7%) | 1.00 | ||
| School grade | |||||||
| Worse than average | 62 | 1 (1.6%) | 0.38 (0.09 to 1.53) | 11 (17.7%) | 1.86 (0.74 to 4.64) | ||
| Other alternatives§ | 1808 | 353 (20%) | 1.26 (0.90 to 1.76) | 142 (8.0%) | 0.89 (0.50 to 1.59) | ||
| Better than average | 323 | 88 (27.2%) | 1.00 | 15 (4.6%) | 1.00 | ||
| Father's socioeconomic status | NIC | ||||||
| Lower level employee | 308 | 27 (8.8%) | 1.78 (0.94 to 3.36) | ||||
| Worker | 690 | 63 (9.1%) | 1.46 (0.82 to 2.58) | ||||
| Self employed | 174 | 22 (12.6%) | 2.45 (1.25 to 4.80) | * | |||
| Farmer | 189 | 11 (8.6%) | 1.06 (0.45 to 2.43) | ||||
| Upper level employee | 478 | 7 (1.5%) | 1.00 | ||||
| Mother's socioeconomic status | NIC | ||||||
| Lower level employee | 1015 | 207 (20.4%) | 0.86 (0.59 to 1.23) | ||||
| Worker | 437 | 86 (19.7%) | 1.18 (0.74 to 1.88) | ||||
| Self employed | 98 | 19 (19.4%) | 0.25 (0.08 to 0.77) | * | |||
| Farmer | 160 | 27 (16.9%) | 0.75 (0.40 to 1.40) | ||||
| Upper level employee | 308 | 75 (24.3%) | 1.00 | ||||
| Own perception of current health | |||||||
| Poor¶ | 20 | 1 (5%) | 0.27 (0.04 to 1.51) | 8 (40%) | 17.8 (5.64 to 56.7) | * | |
| Rather good or average | 1222 | 159 (13%) | 0.47 (0.37 to 0.61) | * | 130 (11%) | 2.16 (1.41 to 3.31) | * |
| Very good | 1011 | 290 (28.7%) | 1.00 | 38 (3.8%) | 1.00 | ||
| Body mass index | NIC | ||||||
| 26> | 82 | 11 (13.4%) | 2.71 (1.13 to 6.46) | ||||
| 19–25 | 1813 | 335 (18.5%) | 2.40 (1.50 to 3.85) | ||||
| <18 | 244 | 27 (11.1%) | 1.00 | ||||