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Table 4 The joint association between adolescent sport and exercise participation and device-measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in adulthood, with body fat, skeletal muscle mass, and body mass index in adulthood

From: Associations of sport and exercise participation in adolescence with body composition and device-measured physical activity in adulthood: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study

Sport and exercise participation and MVPA min/week

No. of people

Mean

body

fat (%)

Crude mean difference

Adjusted* mean difference (95% CI)

 

Mean

muscle mass (%)

Crude mean difference

Adjusted* mean difference (95% CI)

 

Mean

BMI (kg/m2)

Crude mean difference

Adjusted* mean difference (95% CI)

 1 day per week

            

 <150 min

163

34.3

0.0 (ref.)

0.0 (ref.)

 

36.4

0.0 (ref.)

0.0 (ref.)

 

28.2

0.0 (ref.)

0.0 (ref.)

 150–299 min

290

29.4

-4.9

-4.4 (-6.0 to -2.9)

 

39.2

2.8

2.4 (1.6 to 3.3)

 

25.8

-2.5

-2.5 (-3.4 to -1.6)

300 min

232

28.1

-6.2

-5.0 (-6.6 to -3.4)

 

40.1

3.7

2.8 (1.9 to 3.7)

 

26.4

-1.8

-2.0 (-2.9 to -1.0)

2–3 days per week

            

 <150 min

160

33.2

-1.1

-1.4 (-3.2 to 0.3)

 

37.1

0.7

0.9 (-0.1 to 1.8)

 

27.5

-0.7

-0.6 (-1.6 to 0.4)

 150–299 min

383

29.8

-4.5

-4.2 (-5.6 to -2.7)

 

39.0

2.6

2.4 (1.6 to 3.2)

 

26.4

-1.9

-1.8 (-2.7 to -1.0)

300 min

395

25.6

-8.7

-7.2 (-8.6 to -5.7)

 

41.5

5.1

4.1 (3.3 to 4.9)

 

25.3

-2.9

-2.9 (-3.8 to -2.1)

 4 days per week

            

<150 min

106

30.7

-3.6

-3.4 (-5.4 to -1.5)

 

38.5

2.0

2.0 (0.9 to 3.0)

 

26.5

-1.7

-1.5 (-2.6 to -0.3)

<150–299 min

281

26.9

-7.4

-5.8 (-7.4 to -4.3)

 

40.9

4.4

3.4 (2.5 to 4.2)

 

26.0

-2.2

-2.1 (-3.1 to -1.2)

≥300 min

388

22.9

-11.5

-8.8 (-10.3 to -7.4)

 

43.3

6.9

5.1 (4.3 to 5.9)

 

25.1

-3.1

-3.0 (-3.9 to -2.2)

  1. * Adjusted for baseline age (continuous), sex (male, female), HUNT survey (Young-HUNT1, Young-HUNT3), and parental education (low, medium, high)
  2. CI, Confidence interval; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity