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Table 2 TV viewing, physical activity and incident obesity over 4 years follow-up (N = 3,777)

From: Television viewing time and risk of incident obesity and central obesity: the English longitudinal study of ageing

TV/Physical activity exposure

Cases/N

Model 1

Model 2

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

TV viewing

<2 hrs/d

29/472

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

≥2 < 4 hrs/d

94/1417

1.08 (0.71, 1.67)

1.02 (0.66, 1.57)

≥4 < 6 hrs/d

71/951

1.23 (0.79, 1.93)

1.08 (0.68, 1.70)

≥6 hrs/d

87/934

1.56 (1.01, 2.42)

1.28 (0.82, 2.01)

p-trend

 

0.011

0.13

Physical activity

Inactive

68/533

1.0 (ref)

1.0 (ref)

Moderate

127/1824

0.50 (0.36, 0.69)

0.53 (0.38, 0.74)

Vigorous

86/1417

0.43 (0.30, 0.60)

0.48 (0.43, 0.70)

p-trend

 

<0.001

<0.001

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age and sex.
  2. Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, physical activity (or TV viewing), smoking, alcohol, depressive symptoms, long standing illness, disability (impairment in activities of daily living [ADLs]/ instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs]), CV medications.
  3. Analytic sample excludes obese participants at baseline.
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