Longitudinal study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diet and physical activity among Latinos of Mexican ancestry

Table 4 Effect of pandemic on physical activity

Question	Overall model P	Regression coefficients (β)
Question	Overall model P	Time	Sex	Diabetes status
How much of your job involves sitting?	0.08	0.18	− 0.46	0.18
How much of your job involves standing?	0.24	− 0.02	0.49	− 0.11
How much of your job involves walking?	0.05*	− 0.15	0.64*	− 0.10
How much of your job involves light manual labor?	0.04*	− 0.09	0.28	− 0.39
How much of your job involves heavy manual labor?	< 0.01**	− 0.12	1.42**	− 0.10
Light exercise bouts per week lasting at least 15 min?	0.09	0.14	0.36	− 0.29
Moderate exercise bouts per week lasting at least 15 min?	0.11	0.09	0.29	− 0.32*
Vigorous exercise bouts per week lasting at least 15 min?	0.01*	− 0.07	0.20	− 0.48**
To what extent do I exercise because people say I should?	< 0.01**	− 0.35*	− 0.15	0.57**
To what extent do I enjoy my exercise?	0.08	0.06	− 0.02	− 0.38*
To what extent do I feel restless if I don’t exercise?	0.06	− 0.05	0.27	− 0.37*

Shown are overall model significance and regression coefficients for time, sex, and BMI. Analysis was performed using ordinal logistic regression, controlling for sex and BMI. Females were coded “0” and males were coded “1”. Codes for diabetes status were normal HbA1c, “0”: prediabetes. “1”; and diabetes “2”
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01

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