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Table 2 Associations of Healthcare Use with Sitting Time and Physical Activity among adults with Asthma, COPD, and those below the LLN

From: Physical activity and sedentary time are related to clinically relevant health outcomes among adults with obstructive lung disease

 

Asthma

COPD

Below LLN for FEV1

Overnight hospital visit

Emergency department visit

Overnight hospital visit

Emergency department visit

Overnight hospital visit

Emergency department visit

Activity (referent category)

Category

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

a) Crude associations

Sitting Time (14 h/ week or less)

14.1 to 18 h/ week

1.10 (0.74–1.63)

1.16 (0.90–1.49)

1.10 (0.55–2.20)

1.42 (0.89–2.26)

2.40** (1.30–4.43)

1.45* (1.02–2.05)

18.1 to 24 h/ week

1.63* (1.12–2.38)

1.32* (1.03–1.70)

1.70 (0.89–3.25)

1.44 (0.91–2.27)

3.48*** (1.92–6.29)

1.39 (0.99–1.97)

Walking (2.25 h/week or less)

2.26 to 4.5 h/ week

0.62** (0.45–0.86)

0.78* (0.62–0.96)

0.67 (0.38–1.18)

0.93 (0.64–1.37)

0.65* (0.43–0.99)

0.81 (0.60–1.10)

4.6 to 24 h/ week

0.58** (0.40–0.83)

0.86 (0.68–1.08)

1.04 (0.61–1.75)

1.15 (0.78–1.69)

0.55* (0.35–0.87)

0.76 (0.56–1.04)

Light Intensity PA (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.58** (0.39–0.86)

0.90 (0.71–1.14)

1.07 (0.63–1.83)

1.75** (1.21–2.52)

0.77 (0.47–1.25)

1.15 (0.84–1.58)

Moderate Intensity PA (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.49** (0.29–0.83)

0.76 (0.57–1.03)

0.61 (0.27–1.36)

0.76 (0.46–1.26)

0.22** (0.08–0.59)

0.82 (0.55–1.24)

Strenuous PA (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.57*** (0.41–0.78)

0.78* (0.64–0.95)

0.50* (0.27–0.92)

1.01 (0.70–1.45)

0.53** (0.34–0.81)

0.79 (0.60–1.04)

Strengthening Activity (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.87 (0.63–1.19)

0.70** (0.56–0.87)

0.94 (0.56–1.59)

1.22 (0.85–1.75)

0.83 (0.55–1.25)

1.15 (0.87–1.52)

b) Adjusted associations

Sitting Time (14 h/ week or less)

14.1 to 18 h/ week

0.92 (0.61–1.38)

1.07 (0.82–1.38)

1.08 (0.52–2.22)

1.41 (0.87–2.29)

2.03* (1.09–3.78)

1.38 (0.97–1.97)

18.1 to 24 h/ week

1.04 (0.69–1.55)

1.11 (0.85–1.44)

1.25 (0.63–2.51)

1.39 (0.86–2.26)

2.57** (1.40–4.72)

1.30 (0.91–1.87)

Walking (2.25 h/week or less)

2.26 to 4.5 h/ week

0.75 (0.53–1.05)

0.86 (0.68–1.08)

0.80 (0.43–1.47)

0.97 (0.65–1.46)

0.74 (0.47–1.14)

0.84 (0.62–1.14)

4.6 to 24 h/ week

0.69 (0.47–1.00)

0.93 (0.74–1.18)

1.31 (0.75–2.30)

1.20 (0.80–1.81)

0.70 (0.43–1.12)

0.82 (0.59–1.12)

Light Intensity PA (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.61* (0.40–0.92)

0.95 (0.75–1.20)

1.28 (0.73–2.27)

1.99** (1.35–2.93)

0.95 (0.57–1.56)

1.25 (0.90–1.73)

Moderate Intensity PA (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.58 (0.34–1.00)

0.85 (0.63–1.14)

0.74 (0.32–1.73)

0.75 (0.43–1.29)

0.23** (0.09–0.63)

0.85 (0.56–1.29)

Strenuous PA (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

0.80 (0.56–1.13)

1.01 (0.81–1.25)

0.61 (0.32–1.16)

0.99 (0.67–1.48)

0.69 (0.44–1.11)

0.86 (0.63–1.17)

Strengthening Activity (No time reported)

Greater than 0 h/ week

1.13 (0.80–1.58)

0.76* (0.60–0.95)

1.20 (0.68–2.11)

1.37 (0.93–2.01)

1.08 (0.70–1.69)

1.35* (1.00–1.82)

  1. A higher OR indicates a higher odds of having an overnight hospitalization or emergency room visit in the last 12 months relative to the referent category (as indicated in title). Covariates included in adjusted models were age, sex, sleep, retirement status, education level, body mass index, and FEV1%pred. PA: Physical Activity; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001