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Table 2 Association between personal characteristics, outdoor temperature and rain with a) time out-of-home and b) daily walking duration

From: Prospective analysis of time out-of-home and objectively measured walking duration during a week in a large cohort of older adults

 

Time out-of-home (min)

Daily walking duration (min)

Adjusted for age, sex

β-coeff. (95%-CI)*

Mutually adjusted

β-coeff. (95%-CI)*

Adjusted for age, sex

β-coeff. (95%-CI)*

Mutually adjusted

β-coeff. (95%-CI)*

Age (increase by 10 years)

− 61.87 (− 71.06;-52.68)

− 55.23 (− 66.21; − 44.24)

−22.38 (− 25.55; − 19.20)

− 15.27 (− 19.09; − 11.45)

Gender

- men (reference)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

- women

−44.81 (−56.86; −32.77)

− 46.95 (− 59.90; − 34.00)

−3.56 (− 7.72; 0.60)

− 1.08 (− 5.58; 3.43)

Gait speed (increase by 0.1 m/s)

4.00 (1.65; 6.36)

3.80 (1.32; 6.27)

1.96 (1.15; 2.77)

1.60 (0.74; 2.46)

Functional comorbidity index (increase by 1 point)

−8.13 (− 11.84; − 4.43)

−6.18 (− 9.90; − 2.46)

− 4.73 (− 5.99; − 3.48)

−4.01 (− 5.30; − 2.71)

Marital status

- Married (reference)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

- Single

9.40 (− 21.95; 40.76)

30.71 (−4.51; 65.92)

− 0.10 (− 11.01; 10.80)

2.77 (−9.50; 15.04)

- Divorced/separated

37.23 (12.88; 61.57)

39.37 (13.60; 65.15)

−5.05 (− 13.51; 3.41)

− 3.87 (− 12.83; 5.09)

- Widowed

25.35 (9.96; 40.73)

29.66 (14.03; 45.30)

−3.00 (− 8.34; 2.35)

− 1.66 (− 7.10; 3.78)

Education level

- < 10 years (reference)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

- ≥10 years

4.02 (− 8.21; 16.24)

7.97 (−4.58; 20.51)

1.76 (−2.45; 5.98)

4.02 (−0.34; 8.38)

Lubben social network scale

- not isolated (reference)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

- isolated

−21.89 (−35.58; − 8.19)

−18.95 (− 33.40; −4.50)

−5.60 (− 10.34; −0.86)

− 2.21 (− 7.23; 2.81)

Maximum temperature (increase by 10 °C)

31.63 (26.23; 37.03)

31.29 (25.51; 37.07)

7.45 (5.79; 9.12)

7.89 (6.13; 9.65)

Rain (increase by 1 mm/h)

− 1.65 (− 2.46; − 0.85)

− 2.07 (− 2.96; − 1.18)

−0.87 (− 1.06; − 0.68)

−0.96 (− 1.17; − 0.75)

Weekday

- Monday to Saturday

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

- Sunday

−33.47 (− 41.87; − 25.08)

− 35.69 (− 44.88; − 26.49)

−13.33 (− 15.25; − 11.41)

− 14.75 (− 16.84; − 12.65)

  1. *β-coefficient with 95% confidence interval; significant estimates are marked in bold numbers
  2. only adjusted for sex
  3. only adjusted for age