Table 3.
Participant demographics by sedentary status and exercise intensity
| Variable | Sedentary | Moderate | Vigorous | t-stat (p) seden- tary/moderate | t-stat (p) moderate/vigorous | t-stat (p) sedentary/vigorous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| n | 1963 | 2977 | 5185 | |||
| Age | 54.33 ± 14 | 55.12 ± 13.3 | 51.28 ± 12.1 | −1.98 (0.048) | 13.3 (<0.001) | 9.11 (<0.001) |
| Sex-male (%) | 42.27 | 44.3 | 60.7 | −1.4(0.16) | −14.58< 0.001 | −14.25 <0.001 |
| Sex-female (%) | 57.73 | 55.7 | 39.2 | |||
| Ethnicity (%) | East Asian (14.4) | East Asian (10.3) | East Asian (5.8) | −10.65 <.001 | −4.51 (0.00001) | −15.85 (<0.001) |
| European/ | European/ | European/ | ||||
| Caucasian (45.3) | Caucasian (60.6) | Caucasian (6.5) | ||||
| Indigenous (0.2) | Indigenous (0.1) | Indigenous (0.1) | ||||
| Latin American (3.1) | Latin American (1.2) | Latin American (1.7) | ||||
| Mixed (16.8) | Mixed (15.6) | Mixed (15.5) | ||||
| Not sure (4.6) | Not sure (2.0) | Not sure (2.5) | ||||
| South Asian (11.3) | South Asian (7.3) | South Asian (5.8) | ||||
| Sub-Saharan African (0.5) | Sub-Saharan African (0.4) | Sub-Saharan African (0.3) | ||||
| Western Asian, Arab and Northern African (3.6) | Western Asian, Arab and Northern African (2.3) | Western Asian, Arab and Northern African (2.4) | ||||
| Body mass index | 27.6 ± 6.4 | 26.4±10.5 | 25.6± 5.4 | 3.93 (<0.001) | 4.5 (0.00001) | 11.99 (<0.001) |
| HTN* % (n) | 11.9 (235) | 10.2 (305) | 6.7 (351) | 3.13 (0.002) | 5.88 (<0.001) | 8.78 (<0.001) |
| T2D* % (n) | 7.3 (144) | 4.1 (122) | 1.7 (92) | 5.17 (<0.001) | 5.02 (<0.001) | 10.54 (<0.001) |
*
Limited information as the variables only refer to a history of these conditions and does not include information on duration, related medications, or specific metric such as blood pressure for hypertension (HTN) or hemoglobin A1c for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D).