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Table 6 Prevalence (%) of exercise and annual change in prevalence of exercise (Δ% per year) in women aged 16–63 years according to age and birth cohort, predicted using Model II in Table 4

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

1918-1925

-

-

-

-

-

19.2

 

1926-1933

-

-

-

-

20.5

23.4

0.37***

1934-1941

-

-

-

22.9

25.1

32.1

0.56***

1942-1949

-

-

25.6

25.9

31.9

45.7

0.79***

1950-1957

-

29.8

29.0

33.7

45.5

-

0.62***

1958-1965

35.1

32.8

36.3

44.7

-

-

0.38***

1966-1973

38.4

40.2

47.0

-

-

-

0.53***

1974-1981

46.8

53.9

-

-

-

-

0.89***

1982-1989

55.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

Δ% age

0.84

0.95

0.87

0.92

1.00

1.10

 

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  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. 1980/81 1988/89 1996/97 2004/05