Association of Early Sports Practice with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Adults: A Retrospective Epidemiological Study

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Table 2 Association between early sports practice in childhood and cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood (n = 265)

	Sports practice in childhood			Effect size
	OR	95% CI	p value	Effect size
Obesity
Model 1	0.91	0.51–1.63	0.754	–
Model 2	1.09	0.55–2.19	0.802	–
Model 3	1.09	0.54–2.18	0.812	–
Central obesity
Model 1	0.69	0.41–1.14	0.152	–
Model 2	0.95	0.53–1.70	0.864	–
Model 3	0.91	0.51–1.63	0.752	–
Dyslipidemia
Model 1	0.45	0.22–0.92	0.029	0.02 (small)
Model 2	1.06	0.46–2.45	0.888	–
Model 3	1.08	0.46–2.53	0.867	–
Diabetes
Model 1	0.58	0.23–1.49	0.263	–
Model 2	1.34	0.43–4.13	0.615	–
Model 3	1.21	0.39–3.77	0.748	–
Hypertension
Model 1	0.39	0.21–0.75	0.004	0.03 (small)
Model 2	0.42	0.20–0.86	0.018	0.07 (small)
Model 3	0.40	0.19–0.82	0.013	0.07 (small)

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Model 1 unadjusted, Model 2 adjusted for sex, age, and socioeconomic status, Model 3 variables of Model 2 plus weekly amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
Bold: Statistically significant