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Table 5 Prevalence (%) of regular exercise and annual change in prevalence of exercise (Δ% per year) in men aged 16–63 years according to age and birth cohort by Model II in Table 3

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

Variable

  

Age

    

Birth cohort

16-23

24-31

32-39

40-47

48-55

56-63

Δ% cohort; p

1918-1925

-

-

-

-

-

21.7

-

1926-1933

-

-

-

-

22.6

27.1

0.56 **

1934-1941

-

-

-

25.8

28.6

34.1

0.52 ***

1942-1949

-

-

29.8

29.0

32.2

39.4

0.38 ***

1950-1957

-

37.9

33.4

33.6

38.3

-

−0.02 ns

1958-1965

49.1

41.5

38.4

39.1

-

-

−0.43 ***

1966-1973

52.4

46.3

43.4

-

-

-

−0.57 ***

1974-1981

55.3

52.1

-

-

-

-

−0.41 *

1982-1989

55.7

-

-

-

-

-

-

Δ% age

0.29

0.58

0.57

0.55

0.63

0.75

 

p

***

***

***

***

***

***

 
  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; ns = non-significant
  2. 1980/81 1988/89 1996/97 2004/05