Functional limitations in 2004-22 among Europeans aged 55-69 years: time trends according to labor market group and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eur J Public Health · 2025 · PMC12311351 · PMID 40239958

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did not quite reach statistical significanceP = .064so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Regarding overall trends in functional limitations, in men there was a slight increase in odds over the about two decades, whereas in women the small decrease in odds did not quite reach statistical significance ( P = .064).

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

However, the impacts varied in the course of the pandemic, and leisure-time exercise has shown to have a U-shaped pattern—at first a decreasing trend, after which an increasing trend from the beginning of the year 2021 [ 18 ].

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

However, the impacts varied in the course of the pandemic, and leisure-time exercise has shown to have a U-shaped pattern—at first a decreasing trend, after which an increasing trend from the beginning of the year 2021 [ 18 ].

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