Associations between physical activity and depressive symptoms in women

Teychenne, Megan; Ball, Kylie; Salmon, Jo

doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-27

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 3 Crude and adjusted^a odds of depressive symptoms according to physical activity variables (hrs/wk)

From: Associations between physical activity and depressive symptoms in women

Variable	Category (p/week)	Crude odds ratio	95% CI	P value	Adjusted^a odds ratio	Adjusted^a 95% CI	P value
LTPA
Walking	No walking	1.00			1.00
	0.1–1.5 hours	0.83	0.62–1.12	0.211	0.87	0.646–1.18	0.370
	More than 1.5 hours	0.68	0.52–0.90	0.007	0.76	0.570–1.01	0.061
Moderate	No moderate PA	1.00			1.00
	0.1–1.5 hours	1.05	0.76–1.47	0.763	1.01	0.71–1.42	0.975
	More than 1.5 hours	0.64	0.44–0.93	0.018	0.67	0.45–0.98	0.039
Vigorous	No vigorous PA	1.00			1.00
	0.1–1.75 hours	0.90	0.64–1.27	0.538	0.80	0.56–1.16	0.237
	More than 1.75 hours	0.68	0.50–0.95	0.022	0.60	0.42–0.84	0.003
Total LTPA	Less than 0.67 hours	1.00			1.00
	0.67–3.5 hours	0.83	0.63–1.10	0.196	0.82	0.61–1.10	0.192
	More than 3.5 hours	0.63	0.47–0.85	0.002	0.64	0.47–0.86	0.004
Work PA
Walking	No walking	1.00			1.00
	0.1–3.5 hours	1.03	0.74–1.43	0.866	0.91	0.65–1.28	0.583
	More than 3.5 hours	1.08	0.78–1.49	0.658	0.96	0.69–1.35	0.825
Moderate	No moderate PA	1.00			1.00
	0.1–2.67 hours	1.05	0.76–1.46	0.766	0.97	0.67–1.37	0.854
	More than 2.67 hours	1.03	0.74–1.43	0.868	0.95	0.67–1.34	0.762
Vigorous	No vigorous PA	1.00			1.00
	0.1–3 hours	1.21	0.85–1.70	0.289	1.11	0.78–1.59	0.569
	More than 3 hours	1.26	0.87–1.81	0.219	1.07	0.73–1.58	0.732
Total work PA	Less than 0.28 hours	1.00			1.00
	0.28–7.33 hours	0.83	0.59–1.16	0.276	1.03	0.73–1.47	0.858
	More than 7.33 hours	0.95	0.68–1.32	0.741	1.04	0.73–1.48	0.834
Transport PA	Less than 0.58 hours	1.00			1.00
	0.58–2.33 hours	0.89	0.66–1.19	0.414	0.81	0.60–1.10	0.181
	More than 2.33 hours	0.97	0.73–1.29	0.833	0.90	0.67–1.21	0.509
Domestic PA	Less than 1.93 hours	1.00			1.00
	1.93–6 hours	0.85	0.64–1.13	0.253	0.92	0.68–1.23	0.560
	More than 6 hours	0.90	0.67–1.19	0.441	1.05	0.77–1.42	0.783
Total weekly PA
Walking	Less than 3 hours	1.00
	3.1–9 hours	0.98	0.70–1.36	0.896	0.93	0.66–1.31	0.682
	More than 9 hours	0.91	0.65–1.27	0.568	0.83	0.59–1.17	0.285
Moderate	Less than 3 hours	1.00
	3.1–10 hours	0.87	0.63–1.20	0.397	0.90	0.63–1.26	0.532
	More than 10 hours	0.77	0.55–1.07	0.124	0.79	0.56–1.12	0.184
Vigorous	No vigorous PA	1.00
	0.1–4 hours	1.06	0.78–1.44	0.721	0.94	0.68–1.30	0.714
	More than 4 hours	0.98	0.68–1.41	0.915	0.79	0.54–1.17	0.237
Total overall	Less than 8.5 hours	1.00
	8.5–23 hours	0.79	0.56–1.11	0.174	0.78	0.54–1.11	0.164
	More than 23 hours	0.92	0.66–1.28	0.618	0.90	0.63–1.27	0.543

^aAdjusted for age, marital status and physical health. PA, physical activity; LTPA, leisure-time physical activity

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