Table 1:
Descriptive statistics of sample sociodemographic characteristics and accelerometer based moderate to vigorous physical activity
| All cities | Ghent, Belgium* | Curitiba, Brazil† | Bogota, Colombia† | Olomouc, Czech Republic* | Aarhus, Denmark† | Hong Kong, China† | Cuernavaca, Mexico* | North Shore, New Zealand* | Waitakere, New Zealand* | Wellington, New Zealand* | Christchurch, New Zealand* | Stoke-on-Trent, UK† | Seattle, WA, USA* | Baltimore, MD, USA* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||||||||||||
| Number with ≥4 days valid physical activity data | 6822 (68%) | 1050 (90%) | 330 (47%) | 223 (23%) | 258 (78%) | 272 (42%) | 269 (56%) | 656 (97%) | 373 (73%) | 399 (78%) | 416 (84%) | 373 (75%) | 135 (16%) | 1198 (93%) | 870 (95%) |
| Age (years) | 43 (12) | 43 (13) | 42 (13) | 46 (12) | 39 (14) | 40 (14) | 42 (13) | 42 (13) | 43 (12) | 42 (11) | 40 (12) | 43 (12) | 44 (13) | 44 (11) | 47 (11) |
| Male sex | 3161 (46·3%) | 508 (48·4%) | 160 (48·5%) | 71 (31·8%) | 93 (36·0%) | 106 (39·0%) | 109 (40·5%) | 300 (45·7%) | 139 (37·3%) | 161 (40·4%) | 198 (47·6%) | 170 (45·6%) | 63 (46·7%) | 659 (55·0%) | 424 (48·7%) |
| Education level | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 837 (12·3%) | 45 (4·3%) | 92 (27·9%) | 104 (46·6%) | 53 (20·5%) | 20 (7·4%) | 98 (36·4%) | 286 (43·6%) | 9 (2·4%) | 15 (3·8%) | 2 (0·5%) | 32 (8·6%) | 52 (38·5%) | 13 (1·1%) | 16 (1·8%) |
| High school graduate | 2597 (38·1%) | 340 (32·4%) | 103 (31·2%) | 81 (36·3%) | 100 (38·8%) | 115 (42·3%) | 62 (23·0%) | 188 (28·7%) | 215 (57·6%) | 258 (64·7%) | 187 (45·0%) | 212 (56·8%) | 62 (45·9%) | 417 (34·8%) | 257 (29·5%) |
| College or more | 3335 (48·9%) | 654 (62·3%) | 135 (40·9%) | 38 (17·0%) | 77 (29·8%) | 137 (504%) | 109 (40·5%) | 178 (27·1%) | 145 (38·9%) | 126 (31·6%) | 227 (54·6%) | 128 (34·3%) | 20 (14·8%) | 766 (63·9%) | 595 (68·4%) |
| Missing data | 53 (0·8%) | 11 (0·1%) | 0 (0·0%) | 0 (0·0%) | 28 (10·9%) | 0 (0·0%) | 0 (0·0%) | 4 (0·6%) | 4 (1·1%) | 0 (0·0%) | 0 (0·0%) | 1 (0·3%) | 1 (0·7%) | 2 (0·2%) | 2 (0·2%) |
| Employed | 5370 (78·7%) | 843 (80·3%) | 262 (79·4%) | 135 (60·5%) | 201 (77·9%) | 205 (75·4%) | 163 (60·6%) | 466 (71·0%) | 285 (76·4%) | 344 (86·2%) | 364 (87·5%) | 319 (85·5%) | 87 (64·4%) | 974 (81·3%) | 722 (83·0%) |
| Married or living with partner | 4389 (64·3%) | 766 (73·0%) | 199 (60·3%) | 137 (61·4%) | 155 (60·1%) | 188 (69·1%) | 151 (56·1%) | 425 (64·8%) | 265 (71·0%) | 303 (75·9%) | 249 (59·9%) | 213 (57·1%) | 61 (45·2%) | 768 (64·1%) | 529 (60·8%) |
| Accelerometer variables | |||||||||||||||
| Valid days of accelerometer wear time | 6·5 (1·1) | 6·7 (1·1) | 6·7 (1·0) | 6·6 (1·0) | 6·2 (1·2) | 7·0 (0·8) | 5·9 (1·0) | 5·7 (1·0) | 6·4 (1·3) | 6·4 (1·3) | 6·7 (1·3) | 6·5 (1·3) | 6·6 (1·0) | 6·7 (0·8) | 6·7 (1·2) |
| Accelerometer wear time (h/day) | 14·4 (1·3) | 14·7 (1·3) | 14·0 (1·3) | 13·9 (1·2) | 13·9 (1·4) | 14·9 (1·1) | 14·4 (1·4) | 14·0 (1·4) | 14·2 (1·2) | 14·1 (1·3) | 14·0 (1·2) | 14·0 (1·2) | 14·6 (1·2) | 14·7 (1·3) | 14·8 (1·4) |
| MVPA (min/day)‡ | 37·3 (26·5) | 35·5 (23·5) | 31·5 (24·6) | 37·0 (26·4) | 47·1 (27·7) | 39·7 (23·2) | 44·9 (25·3) | 31·2 (25·2) | 45·7 (28·4) | 37·2 (29·2) | 50·1 (31·0) | 44·0 (32·5) | 36·7 (27·3) | 36·3 (24·9) | 29·2 (22·0) |
Data are mean (SD) or n (%) unless otherwise indicated. Totals might not be exactly 100% because of rounding. MVPA=moderate to vigorous physical activity.
*
Study city aimed to collect accelerometer data in the total sample.
†
Study city aimed to collect accelerometer data in a fixed proportion of the total sample.
‡
Average for valid days.