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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios (OR)a with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the association between pre-pandemic factors at baseline and reduction in physical activity (PA) during the COVID-19 pandemic by age and intensity of PA, N=624

From: Factors associated with physical activity reduction in Swedish older adults during the first COVID-19 outbreak: a longitudinal population-based study

 

Reduction in light PA

Reduction in intense PA

<70 years

n=347

>80 years

n=277

<70 years

n=347

>80 years

n=277

Reducers/non-reducersb

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Reducers/non-reducersb

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Reducers/non-reducersb

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Reducers/non-reducersb

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Social network

 Poor social support

37/118

1.1 (0.7-1.9)

0.625

56/101

0.9 (0.5-1.5)

0.663

58/97

1.1 (0.7-1.7)

0.743

41/116

1.9 (1.0-3.6)

0.036

 Poor social connection

37/121

1.0 (0.6-1.7)

0.916

64/90

1.5 (0.9-2.6)

0.107

50/108

0.7 (0.4-1.0)

0.078

33/121

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

0.861

Somatic diseases

 Any cardiovascular disease

14/28

2.0 (1.0-4.1)

0.061

46/72

1.3 (0.8-2.2)

0.331

13/29

0.8 (0.4-1.6)

0.501

23/95

0.8 (0.5-1.6)

0.585

 Any musculoskeletal disease

34/112

1.0 (0.6-1.7)

0.876

78/128

1.1 (0.6-2.0)

0.654

66/80

2.0 (1.3-3.1)

0.003

44/162

0.9 (0.5-1.8)

0.798

Mental diseases

 Any neuropsychiatric disease

14/44

1.0 (0.5-2.0)

0.893

20/35

0.9 (0.5-1.8)

0.860

21/37

1.0 (0.6-1.8)

0.987

15/40

1.3 (0.7-2.7)

0.412

 MMSEd <28

3/19

0.5 (0.2-1.9)

0.332

24/50

0.8 (0.4-1.4)

0.365

5/17

0.5 (0.2-1.4)

0.186

13/61

0.7 (0.3-1.4)

0.314

 MADRSe >6

10/13

2.8 (1.1-6.7)

0.023

10/19

0.8 (0.4-1.9)

0.686

9/14

1.1 (0.4-2.6)

0.864

6/23

1.0 (0.4-2.6)

0.990

Physical functioning

 Impaired mobility

2/5

1.2 (0.2-6.7)

0.799

26/44

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

0.758

1/6

0.2 (0.03-2.1)

0.198

11/59

0.7 (0.3-1.5)

0.337

 Impaired balance

8/19

1.4 (0.6-3.5)

0.422

66/93

1.7 (1.0-2.8)

0.051

10/17

1.0 (0.4-2.2)

0.937

25/134

0.5 (0.3-0.9)

0.016

 Impaired strength

4/11

1.3 (0.4-4.2)

0.671

35/56

1.1 (0.6-1.9)

0.773

5/10

0.8 (0.3-2.6)

0.765

15/76

0.7 (0.4-1.4)

0.319

Lifestyle factors

 Current smoker

8/27

1.0 (0.4-2.3)

0.999

0/9

-c

 

6/29

0.3 (0.1-0.8)

0.011

2/7

0.9 (0.2-4.8)

0.948

 No/occasional or heavy alcohol consumption

34/81

1.6 (0.9-2.7)

0.094

46/86

0.7 (0.4-1.2)

0.219

38/77

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

0.257

25/107

0.7 (0.4-1.3)

0.310

 Under- or overweight

49/140

1.5 (0.9-2.6)

0.112

64/99

1.3 (0.8-2.2)

0.273

76/113

1.4 (0.9-2.3)

0.108

31/132

0.6 (0.3-1.1)

0.097

Personality

 High/moderate neuroticism

47/153

1.0 (0.6-1.7)

0.860

63/96

1.2 (0.7-2.1)

0.411

81/119

1.6 (1.0-2.5)

0.052

40/119

1.8 (0.9-3.3)

0.076

 Low extraversion

24/60

1.5 (0.9-2.7)

0.141

23/42

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

0.819

27/57

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

0.346

16/49

1.2 (0.6-2.3)

0.631

 Low openness to experience

31/101

1.0 (0.6-1.8)

0.879

26/46

1.0 (0.6-1.9)

0.892

50/82

1.1 (0.7-1.7)

0.808

15/57

0.9 (0.4-1.8)

0.743

  1. a Controlled for age, sex and education in all analyses, b Number of reducers/non-reducers for each risk factor, c 0 persons in this category: reduced light PA and current smoker. Abbreviations: d Mini-Mental State Examination, e The Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale.
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