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. 2023 Jul 5;33(7):350–359. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20210392

Table 1. Characteristics of study participants, according to number of satisfying MVPA, dietary variety, and social interaction.

Variables   Number of satisfying MVPA, dietary variety, and social interactiona

All Not satisfying
any behavior
Satisfying any
one behavior
Satisfying any
two behaviors
Satisfying all
three behaviors
P-value
(n = 7,822) (n = 451, 5.8%) (n = 1,620, 20.7%) (n = 2,975, 38.0%) (n = 2,776, 35.5%)  
Minutes/week of MVPA,
median (interquartile range)
420 (180–840) 0 (0–80) 160 (30–490) 430 (210–900) 570 (350–1,020) <0.001b
 MVPA ≥150 minutes/week, n (%) 6,156 (78.7) 0 (0.0) 861 (53.2) 2,519 (84.7) 2,776 (100.0) <0.001
DVS, mean (SD) 3.2 (2.2) 0.9 (0.8) 1.7 (1.6) 2.8 (2.1) 4.8 (1.7) <0.001b
 DVS ≥3, n (%) 4,457 (57.0) 0 (0.0) 292 (18.0) 1,389 (46.7) 2,776 (100.0) <0.001
Social interaction of 1 time/week, n (%) 5,285 (67.6) 0 (0.0) 467 (28.8) 2,042 (68.6) 2,776 (100.0) <0.001
Age (years), mean (SD) 73.6 (5.5) 74.0 (5.8) 73.3 (5.6) 73.5 (5.4) 73.8 (5.4) 0.15b
Sex (women), n (%) 3,856 (49.3) 133 (29.5) 570 (35.2) 1,416 (47.6) 1,737 (62.6) <0.001
Living alone, n (%) 1,535 (19.6) 98 (21.7) 306 (18.9) 569 (19.1) 562 (20.2) 0.22
Marital status, n (%)           <0.001
 Married 5,327 (68.1) 288 (63.9) 1,104 (68.2) 2,025 (68.1) 1,910 (68.8)  
 Widowed or divorced 1,811 (23.2) 103 (22.8) 345 (21.3) 682 (22.9) 681 (24.5)  
 Never married 595 (7.6) 53 (11.8) 150 (9.3) 236 (7.3) 156 (5.6)  
Education, n (%)           <0.001
 Junior high school graduation 1,641 (21.0) 139 (30.8) 460 (28.4) 639 (21.5) 403 (14.5)  
 High school graduation 2,946 (37.7) 186 (41.2) 587 (36.2) 1,182 (39.7) 991 (35.7)  
 Junior college/vocational college/
​ college/graduate school graduation
3,034 (38.8) 109 (24.2) 511 (31.5) 1,091 (36.7) 1,323 (47.7)  
 Other/missing 201 (2.6) 17 (3.8) 62 (3.8) 63 (2.1) 59 (2.1)  
Equivalent income, n (%)           <0.001
 <2.0 million yen 1,298 (16.6) 84 (18.6) 291 (18.0) 501 (16.8) 422 (15.2)  
 2.0–3.99 million yen 2,739 (35.0) 195 (43.2) 678 (41.9) 1,071 (36.0) 795 (28.6)  
 ≥4.0 million yen 2,372 (30.3) 127 (28.2) 435 (26.9) 903 (30.4) 907 (32.7)  
 Unknown/missing 1,413 (18.1) 45 (10.0) 216 (13.3) 500 (16.8) 652 (23.5)  
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD) 22.7 (3.1) 23.2 (3.4) 22.9 (3.3) 22.8 (3.1) 22.4 (2.9) <0.001b
 <18.5 609 (7.8) 39 (8.7) 121 (7.5) 208 (7.0) 241 (8.7)  
 18.5–24.9 5,563 (71.1) 277 (61.4) 1,113 (68.7) 2,120 (71.3) 2,053 (74.0) <0.001
 ≥25 1,606 (20.5) 130 (28.8) 374 (23.1) 631 (21.2) 471 (17.0)  
Hypertension (presence), n (%) 4,079 (52.2) 266 (59.0) 898 (55.4) 1,582 (53.2) 1,333 (48.0) <0.001
Hyperlipidemia (presence), n (%) 3,241 (41.4) 197 (43.7) 664 (41.0) 1,227 (41.2) 1,153 (41.5) 0.043
Heart disease (presence), n (%) 1,704 (21.8) 123 (27.3) 391 (24.1) 666 (22.4) 524 (18.9) <0.001
Stroke (presence), n (%) 522 (6.7) 50 (11.1) 130 (8.0) 194 (6.5) 148 (5.3) <0.001
Diabetes mellitus (presence), n (%) 1,375 (17.6) 95 (21.1) 314 (19.4) 524 (17.6) 442 (15.9) 0.001
Cancer (presence), n (%) 1,266 (16.2) 79 (17.5) 254 (15.7) 510 (17.1) 423 (15.2) 0.08
Alcohol drinking status (current), n (%) 4,478 (57.3) 246 (54.6) 949 (58.6) 1,713 (57.6) 1,570 (56.6) 0.73
Smoking status (current), n (%) 991 (12.7) 100 (22.2) 310 (19.1) 381 (12.8) 200 (7.2) <0.001
Depressive mood (presence), n (%) 2,564 (32.8) 247 (54.8) 709 (43.8) 978 (32.9) 630 (22.7) <0.001
Lower back pain (presence), n (%) 2,918 (37.3) 190 (42.1) 671 (41.4) 1,131 (38.0) 926 (33.4) <0.001
Knee pain (presence), n (%) 2,352 (30.1) 135 (29.9) 497 (30.7) 933 (31.4) 787 (28.4) 0.20
Sitting time, median (interquartile range) 300 (180–480) 360 (240–600) 300 (180–480) 300 (180–480) 300 (180–480) <0.001
 <180 minutes/day, n (%) 1,296 (16.6) 45 (10.0) 258 (15.9) 506 (17.0) 487 (17.5) <0.001
 180–299 minutes/day, n (%) 1,751 (22.4) 91 (20.2) 327 (20.2) 682 (22.9) 651 (23.5)
 300–479 minutes/day, n (%) 2,031 (26.0) 100 (22.2) 408 (25.2) 800 (26.9) 723 (26.0)
 ≥480 minutes/day, n (%) 2,276 (29.1) 179 (39.7) 511 (31.5) 811 (27.3) 775 (27.9)
IADL dependency (presence), n (%) 893 (11.4) 130 (28.8) 271 (16.7) 328 (11.0) 164 (5.9) <0.001

DVS, Dietary Variety Score; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; SD, standard deviation.

aTotal MVPA time ≥150 minutes/week, DVS ≥3, and social interaction (apart from cohabiting family members) ≥1 time/week were defined as sufficiency, respectively.

bP for trend test.

The sum of the percentage of respondents and the percentage of missing values (not shown in the table) for each category is 100%.