High-impact exercise in adulthood and vertebral dimensions in midlife - the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study

Table 4 Results from GEE models analysing the association between longitudinal impact exercise (31 to 46 years) and midlife vertebral CSA

	Men (n = 459)				Women (n = 564)
	Crude		Adjusted^a		Crude		Adjusted^a
	β	(95% CI)	β	(95% CI)	β	(95% CI)	β	(95% CI)
Participation in impact exercise
Participant vs. non-participant	−3.7	(−30.7; 23.3)	3.3	(−21.9; 28.6)	25.4	(5.3; 45.6)	34.3	(14.6; 54.0)

^aAdjusted for vertebral height and BMI at age 46. β Beta estimate (mm²). CI Confidence interval

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