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Table 2 Associations between physical activity variables and cardiovascular risk factors, health-related quality-of-life and exercise capacity over 12-months in cardiac rehabilitation attendees

From: Association of device-measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular risk factors, health-related quality-of-life and exercise capacity over 12-months in cardiac rehabilitation attendees with coronary heart disease

Independent variablea

Dependent variable

Time

Independent variable

Time*Independent variable

β

95% CI

p value

β

95% CI

p value

β

95% CI

p value

Moderate-to-Vigorous

Waist circumference (cm)

0.16

0.01, 0.31

0.04

0.05

0.01, 0.1

0.03

−0.01

−0.1, 9.76E−5

0.06

Physical Activity (min/day)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

0.06

0.02, 0.11

0.01

0.01

0.004, 0.02

0.004

−0.001

−0.002, 0

0.09

 

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)b

−0.03

−0.54, 0.47

0.9

−0.12

−0.20, −0.04

0.005

0.001

−0.01, 0.01

0.86

 

MacNew Global

0.01

−0.01, 0.03

0.25

−0.001

−0.01, 0.004

0.84

0

−7E−5, 0.001

0.09

 

HADS−total

−0.01

−0.13, 0.12

0.93

0.01

−0.02, 0.04

0.46

0

−0.004, 0.003

0.83

 

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)c

0.005

−0.02, 0.02

0.65

−0.01

−0.01, −0.002

0.01

0.001

0, 0.002

0.002

 

High−density lipoprotein (mmol/L)c

−0.001

−0.01, 0.004

0.74

−0.002

−0.003, −0.001

 < 0.001

0

2.8E−5, 0.001

0.03

 

Blood glucose level (mmol/L)d

0.04

−0.03, 0.1

0.25

0.003

−0.01, 0.01

0.46

−6.7E−5

−0.001, 0.001

0.90

 

6-min walk test distance (m)

1.36

−0.43, 3.15

0.14

−0.64

−1.07, −0.20

0.004

0.05

−0.03, 0.12

0.22

Light-intensity

Waist circumference (cm)

0.17

−0.22, 0.56

0.40

−0.05

−0.09, −0.002

0.04

−0.002

−0.01, 0.002

0.32

Physical Activity (min/day)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

0.08

−0.07, 0.22

0.31

−0.01

−0.03, −0.001

0.04

−0.001

−0.002, 0.001

0.52

 

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)b

−0.32

−1.17, 0.54

0.47

−0.005

−0.09, 0.08

0.91

0.007

−0.002, 0.02

0.14

 

MacNew Global

0.04

−0.01, 0.09

0.08

0.003

−0.003, 0.01

0.31

0

−0.001, 0

0.55

 

HADS-total

−0.01

−0.29, 0.27

0.96

0.03

−0.003, 0.06

0.08

0

−0.004, 0.003

0.80

 

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)c

0.07

0.01, 0.13

0.03

−0.01

−0.01, 0

0.04

0

−0.001, 0

0.14

 

High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)c

0.01

−0.001, 0.02

0.07

7.2E−5

−0.002, 0.002

0.93

−4.7E−5

0, 9.6E−5

0.52

 

Blood glucose level (mmol/L)d

0.1

−0.01, 0.20

0.08

0.001

−0.006, 0.01

0.78

−0.001

−0.002, 0

0.18

 

6-min walk test distance (m)

6.79

2.63, 10.95

0.001

0.12

−0.63, 0.86

0.76

−0.04

−0.08, 0.01

0.09

  1. aAll models adjusted for total counts/day, age, gender, education and employment. Significant results are highlighted in bold. HADS, hospital anxiety and depression scale
  2. bModel also adjusted for blood pressure medications
  3. cModels also adjusted for cholesterol medications
  4. dModels also adjusted for type 2 diabetes