Table 1.
Characterisation of study population
(Mean values and standard deviations)
| Study population (n 120) | All | Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Sex, age and weight | ||||||
| Sex | – | 43 | 57 | |||
| Age (years) | 38·8 | 12·0 | 37·4 | 13·0 | 40·0 | 11·0 |
| Weight (kg) | 73·5 | 12·4 | 81·5 | 10·2 | 67·3 | 10·2 |
| Weight status | ||||||
| Underweight | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Normal weight | 60 | 52 | 66 | |||
| Overweight | 33 | 44 | 25 | |||
| Obese | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Leisure time physical activity | ||||||
| Exercises hard and competes several times a week | 17 | 27 | 9 | |||
| Does sports for exercise, heavy gardening or similar ≥ 4 h a week | 43 | 46 | 40 | |||
| Walking, cycling or light exercise ≥ 4 h a week | 38 | 25 | 48 | |||
| Reading, watching television or doing other sedentary work/activity | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Education | ||||||
| In the process of education | 19 | 25 | 15 | |||
| Short education (12–13 years)* | 17 | 17 | 16 | |||
| Medium higher education (15–17 years) | 19 | 16 | 22 | |||
| Long higher education (+17 years) | 45 | 42 | 47 | |||
*
Short education: no education after school, vocational training, shorter courses and short-term higher education.