Compliance with different physical activity recommendations and its association with socio-demographic characteristics using an objective measure

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) ^$ for meeting the different physical activity guidelines by socio-demographic characteristics

	5*30 min/day MVPA		3*20 min/day vigorous PA		150 min/week MVPA		75 min/week vigorous PA		500 MET.min/week MVPA		PAL 1.75		7*10000 steps/day
Gender
Men	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Women	0.40	(0.25-0.63)	0.49	(0.23-1.06)	0.27	(0.15-0.49)	0.46	(0.26-0.81)	0.33	(0.17-0.62)	0.50	(0.30-0.83)	1.01	(0.54-1.88)
Age
20-34 years	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
35-49 years	0.59	(0.34-1.02)	1.39	(0.51-3.78)	0.28	(0.13-0.62)	1.89	(0.93-3.87)	0.28	(0.12-0.68)	0.48	(0.27-0.86)	0.66	(0.32-1.34)
50-65 years	0.76	(0.40-1.44)	1.53	(0.49-4.76)	0.25	(0.11-0.60)	1.01	(0.42-2.43)	0.39	(0.14-1.04)	0.28	(0.14-0.60)	0.51	(0.21-1.24)
Educational level
College or university	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
High school or less	0.76	(0.47-1.24)	0.37	(0.14-1.01)	0.66	(0.37-1.19)	0.35	(0.17-0.70)	0.63	(0.34-1.18)	1.64	(0.97-2.80)	3.70	(1.98-6.91)
Smoking status
Non-smokers	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Smokers	0.85	(0.46-1.58)	0.40	(0.09-1.78)	0.40	(0.20-0.80)	0.43	(0.16-1.15)	0.62	(0.29-1.33)	0.70	(0.34-1.45)	1.01	(0.45-2.27)
Marital status
Single	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Married/cohabiting/with partner	0.75	(0.34-1.68)	0.88	(0.24-3.29)	0.62	(0.19-2.01)	0.84	(0.32-2.20)	0.40	(0.09-1.80)	2.12	(0.80-5.61)	0.89	(0.31-2.58)
Widowed/divorced	0.99	(0.33-3.01)	1.96	(0.35-10.93)	1.51	(0.33-6.95)	1.55	(0.41-5.90)	0.79	(0.13-5.00)	2.00	(0.52-7.71)	0.57	(0.11-2.88)

^$ Multivariate models included gender, age, education level, smoking status and marital status.
MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity accumulated in 10-min bouts, PA: physical activity accumulated in 10-min bouts.

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