Synergistic Effects of Six Chronic Disease Pairs on Decreased Physical Activity: The SMILE Cohort Study

Table 3

Chronic disease pairs inversely associated with PA guideline compliance.

Chronic disease pair		Chi-square	value
Cardiovascular disease and osteoarthritis of knees, hips, and hands	86	7.602	0.006
Diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis of knees, hips, and hands	73	6.371	0.012
Chronic respiratory disease and inflammatory joint disease	40	5.714	0.018
Migraine and inflammatory joint disease	22	5.568	0.018
Inflammatory joint disease and rheumatoid arthritis	73	5.206	0.024
Diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid arthritis	13	4.953	0.026
Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis of knees, hips, and hands	87	4.882	0.028
Cardiovascular disease and inflammatory joint disease	40	4.262	0.040
Chronic respiratory disease and severe back problems	82	4.144	0.042
Chronic respiratory disease and severe kidney disease	10	4.004	0.098
Chronic respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease	47	3.938	0.048
Diabetes mellitus and persistent injury due to an accident	12	3.824	0.100
Chronic respiratory disease and rheumatoid arthritis	24	3.729	0.054
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus	37	3.482	0.062