TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics (minutes per week) as a function of sociodemographic and injury characteristics of adults ≥ 45 years with spinal cord injury (Australia, 2024).
| LTPA (minutes per week) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Moderate-to- heavy | Strength training | |||||||
| Mean ± SD | Median | IQR | Mean ± SD | Median | IQR | Mean ± SD | Median | IQR | |
| Total sample (n = 1,281) | 197 ± 352 | 50 | 0, 240 | 62 ± 174 | 0 | 0, 2 | 63 ± 123 | 0 | 0, 75 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| - Male | 214 ± 381 | 60 | 0, 270 | 67 ± 191 | 0 | 0, 12.5 | 69 ± 131 | 0 | 0, 90 |
| - Female | 148 ± 244 | 35 | 0, 210 | 42 ± 111 | 0 | 0, 0 | 47 ± 96 | 0 | 0, 60 |
| Level of injury | |||||||||
| - Paraplegia | 192 ± 343 | 50 | 0, 242 | 61 ± 167 | 0 | 0, 20 | 62 ± 117 | 0 | 0, 90 |
| - Tetraplegia | 212 ± 374 | 60 | 0, 270 | 67 ± 188 | 0 | 0, 0 | 66 ± 130 | 0 | 0, 70 |
| Severity of injury | |||||||||
| - Complete | 183 ± 340 | 30 | 0, 242 | 67 ± 182 | 0 | 0, 30 | 61 ± 127 | 0 | 0, 70 |
| - Incomplete | 205 ± 360 | 60 | 0, 240 | 60 ± 171 | 0 | 0, 0 | 64 ± 121 | 0 | 0, 80 |
| Cause of injury | |||||||||
| - Traumatic | 213 ± 367 | 60 | 0, 280 | 68 ± 182 | 0 | 0, 30 | 67 ± 129 | 0 | 0, 80 |
| - Non-traumatic | 122 ± 253 | 0 | 0, 140 | 35 ± 117 | 0 | 0, 0 | 45 ± 85 | 0 | 0, 60 |
| Household income | |||||||||
| - Less than $455 per week | 173 ± 375 | 0 | 0, 180 | 50 ± 155 | 0 | 0, 0 | 66 ± 146 | 0 | 0, 60 |
| - $455 - $686 | 195 ± 373 | 60 | 0, 215 | 70 ± 199 | 0 | 0, 30 | 51 ± 102 | 0 | 0, 60 |
| - $687 - $909 per week | 185 ± 273 | 60 | 0, 315 | 55 ± 142 | 0 | 0, 0 | 59 ± 103 | 0 | 0, 100 |
| - $910 - $1,203 per week | 197 ± 321 | 70 | 0, 240 | 64 ± 204 | 0 | 0, 30 | 62 ± 92 | 30 | 0, 85 |
| - $1,204 - $2,374 per week | 278 ± 401 | 140 | 0, 400 | 95 ± 211 | 0 | 0, 120 | 77 ± 136 | 12 | 0, 120 |
| - $2,375 or more per week | 229 ± 376 | 150 | 0, 420 | 65 ± 169 | 0 | 0, 48 | 68 ± 124 | 0 | 0, 90 |
| Residential location | |||||||||
| - Capital city | 209 ± 335 | 60 | 0, 270 | 67 ± 181 | 0 | 0, 30 | 68 ± 119 | 0 | 0, 90 |
| - Other metropolitan centres | 194 ± 350 | 60 | 0, 220 | 67 ± 184 | 0 | 0, 40 | 62 ± 118 | 0 | 0, 80 |
| - Rural centres | 218 ± 389 | 60 | 0, 280 | 64 ± 168 | 0 | 0, 20 | 63 ± 132 | 0 | 0, 60 |
| - Remote areas | 191 ± 356 | 0 | 0, 210 | 57 ± 174 | 0 | 0, 0 | 57 ± 122 | 0 | 0, 70 |
| Marital Status | |||||||||
| - Single | 182 ± 323 | 35 | 0, 210 | 58 ± 173 | 0 | 0, 0 | 59 ± 109 | 0 | 0, 60 |
| - Married/partnership | 205 ± 352 | 60 | 0, 270 | 61 ± 170 | 0 | 0, 20 | 65 ± 123 | 0 | 0, 90 |
| - Widowed | 196 ± 401 | 30 | 0, 240 | 73 ± 225 | 0 | 0, 0 | 66 ± 141 | 0 | 0, 75 |
| - Separated/divorced | 185 ± 368 | 0 | 0, 240 | 70 ± 175 | 0 | 0, 30 | 59 ± 130 | 0 | 0, 60 |
LTPA, Leisure-time Physical Activity; SD, standard deviation; IQR, Interquartile range. The interquartile range column shows the 25th and 75th percentiles. All values in this table are untransformed but have excluded participants (n = 11) in the 99th percentile. Residential location: Capital city, Other metropolitan centres (population > 100,000), Rural centres (population 10,000–99,000), Remote areas (population < 10,000).