Table 3

Associations of incident chronic kidney disease with habitual physical activity in Taiwanese adults

PAModel 1*Model 2*Model 3*Model 4*
HR (95% CI)P valueHR (95% CI)P valueHR (% CI)P valueHR (95% CI)P value
Very low-PA
Low-PA0.93 (0.88 to 0.97)0.0030.93 (0.88 to 0.98)0.0050.93 (0.89 to 0.98)0.0060.93 (0.88 to 0.98)0.005
Moderate-PA0.94 (0.89 to 0.99)0.0140.94 (0.89 to 0.99)0.0180.94 (0.90 to 1.00)0.0320.94 (0.89 to 0.99)0.025
High-PA0.89 (0.84 to 0.95)<0.0010.90 (0.84 to 0.95)<0.0010.90 (0.85 to 0.96)0.0010.91 (0.85 to 0.96)0.002
Trend test0.96 (0.95 to 0.98)<0.0010.97 (0.95 to 0.98)<0.0010.97 (0.95 to 0.99)0.0010.97 (0.95 to 0.99)0.001
  • Effects are presented as HR for chronic kidney disease with 95% CI.

  • Participants with very low-PA level comprised the reference group.

  • *Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, education and baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate; Model 2: further adjusted for physical labour at work, smoking status, alcohol consumption, vegetable and fruit intake, calendar season and calendar year; Model 3: further adjusted for body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, self-report of a physician diagnosis of cardiovascualr disease and self-report of a physician diagnosis of cancer; Model 4: further adjusted for urinary protein level.

  • CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; PA, physical activity.