Background
Methods
Study design
Data sources and population
Measures
Variable Names | Code for this study | Measurement in the dataset |
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Socio-demographic | ||
Age groups | 0 = 55–59, 1 = 60–64, 2 = 65–69, 3 = 70–74, 4 = 75–79, 5 = 80–84, 6 = 85–89, 7 = 90–94 8 = 95–99 years | Same |
Gender | 0 = male, 1 = female | Same |
Educational level | 0 = none-to-primary school, 1 = middle school, 2 = high school, and 3 = college | Same |
Self-rated income | 0 = none-or-low income, 1 = high income | Same |
Physical Activity | ||
Levels | 0 = no PA; 1 = irregular PA (not included in IPAQ categories); 2 = low PA (PA practice less than 599 MET-min/week); and 3 = moderate PA (PA practice between 600 and 3000 MET-min/week)a | By frequency and lengthb. |
Data analyses
Results
Prevalence of chronic diseases by socio-demographic characteristics
Nb | Prevalence of Chronic Diseases % | ||||||||
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OBTc | HTN | DBT | HTC | CD | LBSD | PK | |||
Total | 2553 | 31.2 | 51.4 | 13.6 | 8.9 | 38.3 | 7.5 | 4.8 | |
Age | 55–64 | 969 | 31.9 | 48.2 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 31.9 | 8.2 | 2.9 |
65–74 | 1018 | 32.2 | 55.3*** | 15.3** | 8.4* | 43.0*** | 7.5 | 5.3*** | |
> = 75 | 566 | 26.6**d | 57.7*** | 15.9*** | 8.8* | 48.9*** | 5.7** | 9.5*** | |
Gender | Male | 1385 | 31.2 | 57.6 | 15.4 | 6.6 | 40.0 | 9.0 | 5.8 |
Female | 1168 | 31.2 | 45.1*** | 11.6*** | 11.3*** | 34.3*** | 5.8*** | 3.3*** | |
Education | Primary | 774 | 33.9 | 55.4 | 14.8 | 9.0 | 42.1 | 7.0 | 5.8 |
Middle | 852 | 31.5*** | 53.4* | 13.0 | 8.6 | 36.8* | 7.5 | 4.8 | |
High | 206 | 30.2*** | 49.0*** | 14.6 | 8.4 | 35.9** | 8.0 | 4.5 | |
College | 695 | 28.3*** | 47.1*** | 12.3* | 8.7 | 33.4* | 8.2 | 3.5 | |
Income | High | 414 | 30.5* | 51.1 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 38.9 | 7.7 | 4.6 |
Low/No | 2125 | 31.3* | 52.1 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 37.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 |
Physical activity and socio-demographic characteristics
Physical Activity Levelb | |||||||
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PA VS Sedentary | Regular VS Irregular | Moderate VS Low | |||||
Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | ||
Age (years) | < 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
55–59 | 0.32***d | 0.25–0.42 | 3.53*** | 2.79–4.46 | 2.21 | 0.91–5.31 | |
60–64 | 0.26*** | 0.20–0.35 | 4.64*** | 3.65–5.90 | 3.04* | 1.19–7.73 | |
65–69 | 0.26*** | 0.19–0.35 | 9.25*** | 7.15–11.95 | 6.20*** | 2.29–16.76 | |
70–74 | 0.37*** | 0.27–0.52 | 9.34*** | 7.15–12.19 | 7.04*** | 2.44–20.34 | |
75–79 | 0.28*** | 0.20–0.40 | 10.46*** | 7.85–13.93 | 6.65*** | 2.15–20.58 | |
80–84 | 0.17*** | 0.11–0.25 | 10.95*** | 7.64–15.68 | 6.13* | 1.50–25.00 | |
> = 85 | 0.13*** | 0.08–0.23 | 10.16*** | 6.13–16.86 | 18.39* | 1.10–305.98 | |
Gender | Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Female | 0.81** | 0.71–0.93 | 1.26*** | 1.14–1.40 | 1.31 | 0.80–2.15 | |
Education | No/Primary | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Middle | 0.77** | 0.65–0.92 | 1.05 | 0.92–1.20 | 0.73 | 0.37–1.43 | |
High | 0.91 | 0.67–1.21 | 0.97 | 0.79–1.19 | 0.50 | 0.18–1.33 | |
College | 0.63*** | 0.51–0.78 | 1.23** | 1.04–1.44 | 0.34* | 0.16–0.73 | |
Income | High | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
No/Low | 0.71*** | 0.58–0.87 | 1.22* | 1.04–1.41 | 0.87 | 0.44–1.72 | |
N of Observationsc | 11,742 | 8340 | 5200 | ||||
n of Individuals | 3057 | 2829 | 2234 |
Chronic diseases that trigger physical activity changes
Physical Activityb | ||||||
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Initiate PA vs. Sedentary | Change vs. Remain | Strengthen vs. Lighten | ||||
Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | |
Any onset | 0.75**c | 0.57–0.97 | 1.23* | 1.09–1.38 | 2.53*** | 2.08–3.08 |
Onset of the First | 0.77 | 0.45–1.31 | 0.83 | 0.62–1.10 | 1.95** | 1.17–3.24 |
Onset of the Second | 0.94 | 0.61–1.44 | 1.10 | 0.88–1.38 | 1.89** | 1.29–2.77 |
Onset of the Third | 0.60 | 0.35–1.00 | 1.23 | 0.98–1.55 | 2.13* | 1.42–3.19 |
Types of Diseases | ||||||
Overweight | 1.10 | 0.39–3.21 | 1.99** | 1.37–2.89 | 2.86*** | 1.57–5.21 |
Hypertension | 1.33 | 0.60–2.96 | 2.44*** | 1.82–3.28 | 3.22*** | 2.08–4.99 |
Diabetes | 1.03 | 0.5202.04 | 0.73* | 0.57–0.96 | 1.71* | 1.04–2.84 |
Hyperlipidemia | 1.11 | 0.59–2.08 | 1.59** | 1.24–2.02 | 1.79*** | 1.25–2.58 |
Cardiovascular Diseases | 0.64* | 0.41–0.95 | 0.48*** | 0.39–0.58 | 0.89 | 0.63–1.25 |
Liver& Biliary System Diseases | 0.39* | 0.16–0.94 | 0.95 | 0.67–1.30 | 1.15 | 0.68–1.92 |
Kidney Function Disorder | 0.45 | 0.16–1.24 | 0.59** | 0.41–0.90 | 0.75 | 0.38–1.46 |
Physical activity and the onset of chronic disease
Model 1c: PA level | Model 2d: Cumulative PA years | N of obs. | N of sub. | ||||||||
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NPA | IPA | RPA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
All Onset | MA | 56 | 63***e | 65*** | 61 | 62 | 63** | 66*** | 66*** | 3414 | 1657 |
HRb | 1 | 0.31 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.63 | 0.46 | 0.21 | |||
Obesity | MA | 56 | 64*** | 66*** | 61 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 66 | 540 | 257 |
HR | 1 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 1 | 0.68 | 0.83 | 1.06 | 0.96 | |||
Hypertension | MA | 55 | 62*** | 67*** | 60 | 61* | 62** | 65*** | 67*** | 733 | 376 |
HR | 1 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 1 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.14 | |||
Diabetes | MA | 55 | 66*** | 63** | 63 | 60* | 64*** | 65*** | 68*** | 1069 | 472 |
HR | 1 | 0.17 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.61 | 0.46 | 0.27 | 0.11 | |||
Hyperlipidemia | MA | 56 | 63*** | 66*** | 62 | 64** | 63 | 66* | 66*** | 1143 | 515 |
HR | 1 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 1 | 0.57 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.31 | |||
Cardiovascular diseases | MA HR | 56 | 71*** | 61** | 62 | 63** | 62*** | 66*** | 68*** | 1965 | 849 |
1 | 0.17 | 0.71 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.53 | 0.36 | 0.16 | ||||
Liver and biliary system diseases | MA | 57 | 66*** | 62*** | 62 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 675 | 292 |
HR | 1 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.97 | 1.59 | 1.49 | 0.95 | |||
Kidney function disorder | MA | 59 | 74*** | 65 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 68* | 68** | 94 | 39 |
HR | 1 | 0.17 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.52 | 0.3 | 0.15 |