Table 4

Summary of results for Walking MET scores

OutcomesMean (%) (95% posterior probability interval)
Common percent (%) increase in mean non-zero Walking MET score (θ)Evidence for positive effect 41.7 (40.31, 43.11)
Average increase in the probability of observing non-zero Walking MET scoresEvidence for positive effect 25.2 (11.66, 37.37)
Effects of covariates Direction of evidence
Mean effect (95% posterior probability interval)
Effect of age on the mean non-zero Walking MET score (β1)Evidence for negative effect −0.006 (–0.0067,–0.0059)
Effect of age on the probability of observing non-zero Walking MET scores (β1*)Unclear evidence for effect −0.01 (-0.032, 0.0091)
Effect of gender* on the mean non-zero Walking MET score (β2)Evidence for positive effect 0.38 (0.37, 0.39)
Effect of gender* on the probability of observing non-zero Walking MET scores (β2*)Unclear evidence for effect 0.15 (–0.54, 0.84)
Effect of working status on the mean non-zero Walking MET score (β3)Evidence for negative effect −0.11 (–0.12,–0.097)
Effect of working status on the probability of observing non-zero Walking MET scores (β3*)Unclear evidence for effect −0.75 (–1.60, 0.058)
  • *The gender component is the incremental effect of being male on the mean non-zero MET scores and corresponding probabilities of non-zero MET scores.

  • †The working status component is the incremental effect of working on the mean non-zero MET scores and corresponding probabilities of non-zero MET scores.

  • MET, metabolic equivalent.