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Table 4 Odds ratios (ORs with 95 % CIs) for regular exercise in women aged 16–63 years, obtained by applying mixed models with random intercepts and random slopes

From: The longitudinal age and birth cohort trends of regular exercise among adults aged 16–63 years in Sweden: a 24-year follow-up study

  

Model I*

Model II**

Variable

Category

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Fixed effects

     

Rate of change

     

Agec (Int)

Centered at 44 y

1.06

1.05-1.07

1.07

1.06-1.08

Agec*cohort

 

1.003

1.002-1.005

1.003

1.002-1.005

Agec-squared

 

1.002

1.001-1.003

1.002

1.001-1.003

Initial status

     

Cohortc

Centered at 1954

1.07

1.06-1.09

1.07

1.06-1.08

Cohortc-squared

 

1.0015

1.0007-1.0023

1.0015

1.0007-1.0023

Education

Low-Middle

  

1

 
 

High

  

1.14

1.01-1.30

Smoking

Non-smoker

  

1

 
 

Former

  

0.90

0.78-1.04

 

Daily

  

0.53

0.46-0.61

BMI (Kg/m2)

Centered at 23

  

0.95

0.93-0.96

Self-reported health status

Good

  

1.76

1.52-2.05

Poor

  

1

 

Random effects (unstructured)

Variance

Standard error

Variance

Standard error

Var (constant)

1.01

0.12

0.87

0.11

Var (agec)

0.00067

0.00069

0.00020

0.00064

Cov (agec; constant)

−0.0085

0.0062

−0.011

0.0056

  1. *Adjusted for age, cohort and age-by-cohort interaction, and age-squared
  2. **Adjusted also for educational level, smoking, BMI and self-reported health status