TABLE 5

FROM:

Relationship between ambulation and obesity in older persons with and without low back pain

K Yamakawa, C K Tsai, A J Haig, J A Miner and M J Harris

Table 5. Regression of obesity (BMI), age, and pain severity (VAS) on ambulation

Dependent variables	Distance/day (km)					Steps/day
Independent variables	B	s.e.	*	t	Sig.	B	s.e.	*	t	Sig.
BMI (kg/m2)	-0.216	0.044	-0.427	-4.851	0.000	-249.457	55.825	-0.408	-4.469	0.000
Age (y)	-0.160	0.040	-0.350	-3.945	0.000	-174.588	50.783	-0.316	-3.438	0.001
Pain	-0.399	0.108	-0.323	-3.701	0.000	-500.840	135.221	-0.336	-3.704	0.000
R 2			0.484					0.445
Adjusted R 2			0.461					0.421

^* Standardized coefficients.