Table 4
Relationship between utilitarian walking and measures of physical activity and health indicators, household population age 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011 Table 4
Relationship between utilitarian walking and measures of physical activity and health indicators, household population age 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011

Table 4
Relationship between utilitarian walking and measures of physical activity and health indicators, household population age 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Relationship between utilitarian walking and measures of physical activity and health indicators. The information is grouped by Physical activity and health indicators (appearing as row headers), Weekly utilitarian walking , 1 to 5 hours (n = 3,438) versus less than 1 hour (n = 2,451), More than 5 hours (n = 1,271) versus 1 to 5 hours (n = 3,438), More than 5 hours (n = 1,271) versus less than 1 hour (n = 2,451), b and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Physical activity and health indicators	Weekly utilitarian walking
	1 to 5 hours (n = 3,438) versus less than 1 hour (n = 2,451)			More than 5 hours (n = 1,271) versus 1 to 5 hours (n = 3,438)			More than 5 hours (n = 1,271) versus less than 1 hour (n = 2,451)
	b	95% confidence interval		b	95% confidence interval		b	95% confidence interval
	b	from	to	b	from	to	b	from	to
Sedentary time (min/day)	6.7	-2.7	16.1	-4.6	-17.4	8.1	2.1	-12.2	16.4
Light physical activity (min/day)	-17.6^Note †	-27.6	-7.7	0.9	-15.4	17.3	-16.7	-33.0	-0.5
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (min/day)	3.7^Note †	1.2	6.2	5.6^Note †	2.4	8.8	9.3^Note †	5.4	13.2
BMI (kg/m²)	-0.2	-0.6	0.3	0.0	-0.6	0.6	-0.2	-0.9	0.5
Waist circumference (cm)	-0.3	-1.5	0.8	0.1	-1.3	1.5	-0.3	-2.0	1.5
Sum of 5 skinfolds (mm)	1.6	-0.7	3.8	-4.1^Note †	-7.1	-1.1	-2.5	-5.6	0.6
Estimated VO₂max (mL O₂·kg^-1·min^-1)	0.0	-0.7	0.7	0.4	-0.2	1.1	0.4	-0.5	1.3
Sit and reach (cm)	-0.3	-1.5	0.9	0.1	-1.0	1.2	-0.2	-1.5	1.1
Grip strength (kg)	-1.2	-2.9	0.4	0.8	-0.8	2.3	-0.5	-2.5	1.5
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.5	-0.6	1.6	-0.9	-2.6	0.9	-0.4	-2.0	1.2
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	-0.2	-1.0	0.5	-0.5	-1.6	0.5	-0.8	-1.7	0.1
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
Total cholesterol/HDL (mmol/L)	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	0.0
Glycohemoglobin (%)	0.0	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
C-reactive protein (nmol/L)	0.7	-1.7	3.1	1.2	-2.3	4.7	1.9	-1.9	5.7
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.0	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
Note † significant difference after Bonferroni adjustment Return to note † referrer HDL = high-density lipoprotein Notes: ANCOVA models were fitted with Generalized Linear Model procedure in Stata, version 13. Analyses were adjusted for complex survey design, sex, age, self-reported usual daily physical activity (usually sit versus others), education and household income. Model-based coefficients (b) show relationship between physical activity and health-related measures and weekly hours of utilitarian walking; for example, compared with those who reported walking less than 1 hour per week, those who reported more than 5 hours per week accumulated an additional 9.3 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity per day. Moderate-to-vigorouss physical activity data were square root-transformed for analyses; C-reactive protein and triglycerides were log-transformed (non-transformed coefficients are provided for ease of interpretation, but p-values were calculated with the transformed data). Sources: 2007-to-2009 and 2009-to-2011 Canadian Health Measures Surveys, combined.

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