Relationship between utilitarian cycling and measures of physical activity and health indicators, household population aged 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011
Table 5Physical activity and health indicators | Weekly utilitarin cycling | ||||||||
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Less than 1 hour (n = 171) versus none (n = 6,726) | 1 or more hours (n = 263) versus less than 1 hour (n = 171) | 1 or more hours (n = 263) versus none (n = 6,726) | |||||||
b | 95% confidence interval | b | 95% confidence interval | b | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||
Sedentary time (min/day) | -21.7 | -52.1 | 8.7 | 12.5 | -24.7 | 49.7 | -9.2 | -28.7 | 10.3 |
Light physical activity (min/day) | 7.8 | -9.6 | 25.1 | -1.6 | -31.4 | 28.3 | 6.2 | -15.8 | 28.2 |
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (min/day) | 5.0 | -1.8 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 1.5 | 19.8 | 15.6Note † | 8.3 | 22.9 |
BMI (kg/m2) | -0.1 | -1.5 | 1.3 | -1.8Note † | -3.1 | -0.4 | -1.9Note † | -2.6 | -1.1 |
Waist circumference (cm) | -0.4 | -4.2 | 3.4 | -5.6Note † | -9.0 | -2.2 | -6.0Note † | -8.2 | -3.8 |
Sum of 5 skinfolds (mm) | -0.6 | -5.7 | 4.4 | -5.0 | -11.8 | 1.8 | -5.6 | -10.5 | -0.7 |
Estimated VO2max (mL O2·kg-1·min-1) |
0.6 | -0.6 | 1.8 | 2.7Note † | 1.2 | 4.2 | 3.3Note † | 2.3 | 4.4 |
Sit and reach (cm) | 2.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.4 | -3.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | -0.2 | 5.5 |
Grip strength (kg) | 0.0 | -3.9 | 3.9 | 0.9 | -4.2 | 5.9 | 0.8 | -3.1 | 4.8 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | -2.9 | -5.9 | 0.0 | 1.7 | -2.1 | 5.4 | -1.3 | -3.1 | 0.6 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | -2.1 | -4.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | -0.1 | 5.5 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 2.0 |
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.6 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.1 |
Total cholesterol/HDL (mmol/L) | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -0.3Note † | -0.5 | -0.1 |
Glycohemoglobin (%) | -0.1Note † | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1Note † | -0.2 | 0.0 |
C-reactive protein (nmol/L) | 0.8 | -8.0 | 9.5 | -7.4 | -16.4 | 1.5 | -6.7Note † | -9.5 | -3.8 |
Triglycerides (mmol/L) | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.3Note † | -0.5 | -0.1 |
Notes: ANCOVA models were fitted with the 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 cycling; for example, compared with those reporting no cycling, those reporting at least 1 hour per week accumulated an additional 15.6 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity data were square root-transformed for analyses while 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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