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. 2024 Jan 9;24:127. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-17647-2

Table 1.

Participants’ baseline demographic characteristics per analytic sample

All participants iPA iSED Control group
Depression symptoms N = 140 N = 52 N = 36 N = 52
Age, mean (SD) years 42 (8) 40 (8) 40 (8) 45 (8)a
Male, N (%) 32 (29) 11 (21) 9 (25) 12 (23)
Education, mean (SD) years 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2)
Anxiety symptoms N = 140 N = 49 N = 35 N = 56
 Age, mean (SD) years 42 (8) 41 (9) 40 (8) 44 (7)a
 Male, N (%) 35 (25) 11 (22) 9 (26) 15 (27)
 Education, mean (SD) years 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2)
Mental wellbeing N = 158 N = 57 N = 39 N = 62
Age, mean (SD) years 42 (8) 41 (9) 41 (8) 45 (8)a
Male, N (%) 40 (25) 11 (19) 12 (31) 17 (27)
Education, mean (SD) years 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2)
Stress N = 163 N = 60 N = 40 N = 63
Age, mean (SD) years 42 (8) 41 (9) 40 (8) 45 (7)a
Male, N (%) 40 (25) 11 (18) 12 (30) 17 (27)
Education, mean (SD) years 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2) 15 (2)

iPA Physical activity intervention, iSED Sedentary behavior intervention, SD Standard deviation

aAge at baseline was significantly higher in the control group than in the intervention groups