Table 4 Gender stratified models of the association between walking 30 min or more a week and biomarkers for CVD risk
Cholesterol to HDL ratio | Triglycerides | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||||||
Base model | SES adjusted model | Full adjusted model | Base model | SES adjusted model | Full adjusted model | Base model | SES adjusted model | Full adjusted model | Base model | SES adjusted model | Full adjusted model | |
Walking | 0.85** (−0.30 to −0.02) | 0.89 (−0.28 to 0.04) | 0.88 (−0.29 to 0.04) | 0.79*** (−0.37 to −0.09) | 0.82** (−0.38 to −0.03) | 0.82** (−0.38 to −0.03) | 0.81*** (−0.34 to −0.07) | 0.82** (−0.35 to −0.04) | 0.82** (−0.36 to −0.05) | 0.90 (−0.24 to 0.04) | 0.89 (−0.29 to 0.06) | 0.89 (−0.29 to 0.07) |
Taking lipid lowering medication | 0.32*** (−1.33 to −0.92) | 0.30*** (−1.45 to −0.97) | 0.29*** (−1.46 to −0.98) | 0.46*** (−1.03 to −0.52) | 0.46*** (−1.11 to −0.43) | 0.47*** (−1.10 to −0.41) | 0.95 (−0.24 to 0.14) | 0.95 (−0.27 to 0.17) | 0.95 (−0.27 to 0.16) | 1.56*** (0.24 to 0.65) | 1.40** (0.05 to 0.63) | 1.40** (0.05 to 0.62) |
Eaten 30 min before bloods taken | 0.82 (−0.45 to 0.05) | 0.85 (−0.45 to 0.12) | 0.85 (−0.45 to 0.12) | 0.90 (−0.35 to 0.14) | 0.88 (−0.42 to 0.17) | 0.88 (−0.43 to 0.17) | 1.04 (−0.20 to 0.28) | 1.01 (−0.26 to 0.29) | 1.02 (−0.26 to 0.29) | 1.25 (−0.01 to 0.46) | 1.39** (0.05 to 0.61) | 1.39** (0.05 to 0.61) |
Age | 1.17*** (0.13 to 0.18) | 1.16*** (0.11 to 0.19) | 1.16*** (0.11 to 0.19) | 1.12*** (0.08 to 0.14) | 1.13*** (0.08 to 0.17) | 1.13*** (0.08 to 0.17) | 1.14*** (0.11 to 0.16) | 1.14*** (0.10 to 0.16) | 1.14*** (0.09 to 0.16) | 1.13*** (0.09 to 0.15) | 1.18*** (0.12 to 0.22) | 1.19*** (0.12 to 0.22) |
Married | 0.89 (−0.28 to 0.04) | 0.83** (−0.38 to −0.00) | 0.82** (−0.39 to −0.00) | 0.90 (−0.25 to 0.04) | 1.06 (−0.14 to 0.25) | 1.06 (−0.14 to 0.25) | 0.89 (−0.27 to 0.04) | 0.86 (−0.33 to 0.03) | 0.86 (−0.33 to 0.03) | 1.02 (−0.13 to 0.17) | 1.05 (−0.15 to 0.24) | 1.05 (−0.14 to 0.25) |
Has children under 12 | 1.20 (−0.01 to 0.37) | 1.11 (−0.13 to 0.33) | 1.10 (−0.13 to 0.33) | 0.99 (−0.20 to 0.19) | 0.88 (−0.38 to 0.12) | 0.87 (−0.39 to 0.11) | 1.09 (−0.10 to 0.28) | 1.01 (−0.21 to 0.23) | 1.01 (−0.21 to 0.23) | 0.97 (−0.23 to 0.18) | 0.96 (−0.31 to 0.23) | 0.94 (−0.33 to 0.21) |
House ownership | 1.14 (−0.10 to 0.36) | 1.15 (−0.09 to 0.37) | 0.64*** (−0.70 to −0.21) | 0.64*** (−0.70 to −0.21) | 1.09 (−0.14 to 0.31) | 1.09 (−0.13 to 0.31) | 0.63*** (−0.71 to −0.21) | 0.63*** (0.71 to −0.21) | ||||
Income | 0.90 (−0.22 to 0.02) | 0.91 (−0.22 to 0.02) | 0.88 (−0.25 to 0.00) | 0.89 (−0.25 to 0.01) | 0.99 (−0.12 to 0.11) | 0.99 (−0.13 to 0.11) | 0.86** (−0.28 to −0.02) | 0.87** (−0.27 to −0.01) | ||||
In employment | 1.22 (−0.04 to 0.44) | 1.22 (−0.04 to 0.44) | 0.82 (−0.41 to 0.03) | 0.82 (−0.42 to 0.03) | 1.16 (−0.09 to 0.38) | 1.16 (−0.09 to 0.38) | 0.81 (−0.43 to 0.01) | 0.81 (−0.43 to 0.01) | ||||
College Educated | 0.84 (−0.47 to 0.12) | 0.85 (−0.46 to 0.14) | 0.65*** (−0.73 to −0.12) | 0.66*** (−0.72 to −0.11) | 0.89 (−0.40 to 0.17) | 0.89 (−0.40 to 0.17) | 0.76* (−0.57 to 0.03) | 0.78 (0.55 to 0.06) | ||||
Some higher education | 0.89 (−0.43 to 0.19) | 0.90 (−0.42 to 0.21) | 0.63** (−0.81 to −0.11) | 0.64** (−0.80 to −0.09) | 1.03 (−0.27 to 0.33) | 1.03 (−0.27 to 0.33) | 0.69** (−0.72 to −0.02) | 0.72 (−0.69 to 0.02) | ||||
High school qualification | 1.26 (−0.09 to 0.56) | 1.28 (−0.08 to 0.58) | 0.78 (−0.56 to 0.08) | 0.79 (−0.55 to 0.09) | 1.14 (−0.18 to 0.44) | 1.14 (−0.18 to 0.45) | 0.85 (−0.47 to 0.16) | 0.88 (−0.45 to 0.19) | ||||
Car ownership | 1.17 (−0.18 to 0.50) | 1.20 (−0.16 to 0.53) | 0.71 (−0.69 to 0.02) | 0.71 (−0.69 to 0.02) | 1.06 (−0.27 to 0.39) | 1.06 (−0.28 to 0.38) | 0.72 (−0.69 to 0.03) | 0.74 (−0.66 to 0.06) | ||||
Has difficulty accessing PA facilities | 1.41 (−0.14 to 0.83) | 1.22 (−0.21 to 0.61) | 0.96 (−0.51 to 0.43) | 1.53** (0.03 to 0.82) | ||||||||
Observations | 3582 | 2743 | 2739 | 4506 | 3051 | 3047 | 3684 | 2812 | 2808 | 4590 | 3102 | 3097 |