Table 1.
Sample characteristics (overall and by min/week of leisure‐time physical activity)
| Characteristic | Leisure‐time physical activity | P value a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | >150 min/week | ≤150 min/week | |||
| Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 72.6 (11.5) | 71.0 (9.1) | 72.6 (11.5) | <0.001 |
| Sex | Female | 55.0 | 44.6 | 56.0 | <0.001 |
| Male | 45.0 | 55.4 | 44.0 | ||
| Wealth | Poorest | 21.7 | 14.6 | 22.3 | <0.001 |
| Poorer | 21.0 | 13.3 | 21.7 | ||
| Middle | 20.4 | 22.0 | 20.2 | ||
| Richer | 17.5 | 21.3 | 17.2 | ||
| Richest | 19.4 | 28.7 | 18.6 | ||
| Education | ≤Primary | 63.7 | 49.7 | 64.8 | <0.001 |
| Secondary | 29.9 | 36.9 | 29.4 | ||
| Tertiary | 6.4 | 13.4 | 5.8 | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | <18.5 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 20.1 | <0.001 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 46.4 | 52.6 | 45.7 | ||
| 25.0–29.9 | 23.9 | 29.5 | 23.4 | ||
| ≥30.0 | 10.4 | 6.5 | 10.8 | ||
| Number of chronic conditions | 0 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 0.103 |
| 1 | 28.7 | 31.9 | 28.4 | ||
| ≥2 | 55.3 | 50.3 | 55.8 | ||
| ADL difficulty | No | 88.1 | 94.5 | 87.5 | 0.001 |
| Yes | 11.9 | 5.5 | 12.5 | ||
| Smoking | Never | 62.2 | 63.3 | 62.1 | 0.596 |
| Past | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.4 | ||
| Current | 29.3 | 27.3 | 29.5 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | No | 86.1 | 81.5 | 86.6 | 0.003 |
| Yes | 13.9 | 18.5 | 13.4 | ||
| Occupational physical activity (min/week) | >150 | 45.8 | 52.1 | 45.2 | 0.025 |
| ≤150 | 54.2 | 47.9 | 54.8 | ||
| Active travel (min/week) | >150 | 37.6 | 57.0 | 35.7 | <0.001 |
| ≤150 | 62.4 | 43.0 | 64.3 | ||
Note: Data are % unless otherwise stated.
Abbreviations: ADL, activities of daily living; SD, standard deviation.
a
P value was based on chi‐squared tests except for age (Student's t test).