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Table 5 Associations between sex, age groups, diagnosis, and sitting time with dependent variable physical activity with being “physically inactive” as predicted probability in univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis (n = 90)

From: Self-reported physical activity in people with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in Norway

Variables

Univariate

Multivariable

ORa (95% CI)

p value

ORa (95% CI)

p value

Age groups (in years)

  ≤ 20

1

 

1

 

 21–40

1.12 (0.09–14.20)

0.927

2.13 (0.10–46.62)

0.630

 41–60

1.62 (0.14–19.07)

0.703

3.26 (0.17–63.41)

0.435

  > 60

1.75 (0.13–23.70)

0.674

2.54 (0.12–56.06)

0.555

Sex

 Female

1

 

1

 

 Male

0.81 (0.35–1.87)

0.622

0.67 (0.24–1.87)

0.442

Place of living

  < 10,000 population

1

 

  ≥ 10,000 population

0.71 (0.30–1.67)

0.434

  

Civil status

 Married

1

 

 Not married

0.84 (0.34–2.08)

0.705

  

Education

 Primary to upper secondary school

1

 

 College or >  13 years education

1.92 (0.81–4.56)

0.137

  

Employment

 Yes

1

 

 Retired

2.04 (0.64–6.48)

0.225

  

Diagnosis

 CMT

1

 

1

 

 LGMD

2.03 (0.87–4.75)

0.102

2.03 (0.78–5.30)

0.147

Sitting time (in hour)

  ≥ 11 h

1

 

1

 

 8 to less than 11 h

0.24 (0.07–0.88)

0.032*

0.24 (0.06–0.95)

0.042*

 5 to less than 8 h

0.09 (0.02–0.36)

0.001*

0.08 (0.02–0.35)

0.001*

  < 5 h

0.14 (0.04–0.52)

0.004*

0.14 (0.03–0.54)

0.005*

  1. CMT Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, LGMD Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
  2. a Odds ratio (OR) predicted probability is of membership for physically inactive
  3. * Significant at p < 0.05