Table 5

Summary of results for Moderate MET scores

OutcomesMean (%) (95% posterior probability interval)
Common percent (%) increase in mean non-zero Moderate MET score (θ)Evidence for positive effect 5.0 (2.94, 7.09)
Average increase in the probability of observing non-zero Moderate MET scoresEvidence for positive effect 23.5 (9.05, 38.08)
Effects of covariates Direction of evidence
Mean effect (95% posterior probability interval)
Effect of age on the mean non-zero Moderate MET score (β1)Evidence for negative effect −0.01 (−0.011,–0.0089)
Effect of age on the probability of observing non-zero Moderate MET scores (β1*)Evidence for negative effect −0.03 (−0.057,–0.012)
Effect of gender* on the mean non-zero Moderate MET score (β2)Evidence for negative effect −0.45 (−0.48,–0.42)
Effect of gender* on the probability of observing non-zero Moderate MET scores (β2*)Unclear evidence for effect 0.07 (-0.65, 0.78)
Effect of working status on the mean non-zero Moderate MET score (β3)Unclear evidence for effect 0.03 (-0.00014, 0.053)
Effect of working status on the probability of observing non-zero Moderate MET scores (β3*)Unclear evidence for effect 0.52 (-0.27, 1.34)
  • *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.