Different Types of Physical Activity and Fitness and Health in Adults: An 18-Year Longitudinal Study

Table 3

THLM model for physical fitness of 723 participants in the Bad Schönborn study.

Fixed effects; (in order of influence according to -value)
Parameter	Estimate	[95% CI]	SE
Constant term	93.74	[92.96–94.52]	0.40	55611.18	<.01
Sex (if male)	7.00	[5.86–8.14]	0.58	145.04	<.01
Age^2 (per year^2)	−0.0072	[−0.0095–−0.0049]	0.0012	37.75	<.01
Age (per year)	−0.20	[−0.28–−0.12]	0.041	23.09	<.01
Athlete (if yes)	1.50	[0.83 to 2.17]	0.34	19.31	<.01
SA (per MET-h)	0.052	[0.029–0.076]	0.052	19.12	<.01
SES (per enhancing social stratum)	0.91	[0.47–1.35]	0.22	16.54	<.01
Agesex	−0.083	[−0.145–−0.020]	0.032	6.66	.01
BMI (per BMI point)	−0.18	[−0.36–−0.01]	0.094	3.51	.06
HA (per MET-h)	0.013	[−0.001–0.026]	0.067	3.47	.06
AgeBMI	−0.018	[−0.362–0.009]	0.010	3.11	.08
Age^2BMI	0.00048	[−0.00008–0.00100]	0.00029	2.81	.09
Random effects
Parameter	Estimate	[95% CI]	SE	Wald
Constant term	14.23	[11.23–18.03]	1.72	8.27	<.01
BMI	0.12	[0.04–0.35]	0.06	1.81	.07
Age	0.0070	[0.0021–0.0223]	0.0041	1.69	.09
Model fit
Correlation between predicted and measured values: = .94; −2 Log-Likelihood: 8207.19