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. 2024 Oct 16;25:354. doi: 10.1186/s12882-024-03813-6

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants divided into leisure physical activity quartile groups

Variables Number missing (%) Overall LTPA
Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4 P-value
N = 32,162 N = 6,416 N = 6,864 N = 6,457 N = 6,296
Age, years 0 (0.0%) 60.9(10.1) 56.4(10.9) 58.2(11.0) 61.6(9.3) 63.8(8.1) < 0.001
Women, n (%) 0 (0.0%) 20,247 (63.0%) 2,640 (41.1%) 2,243 (32.7%) 2,042 (31.6%) 2,321 (36.9%) < 0.001
Education level 532 (1.7%) < 0.001
 Less than university graduate, n (%) 26,639 (84.2%) 5,443 (86.4%) 5,561 (82.0%) 5,174 (81.3%) 5,157 (83.2%)
 University graduate or more, n (%) 4,991 (15.8%) 856 (13.6%) 1,221 (18.0%) 1,189 (18.7%) 1,045 (16.8%)
Job with income, n (%) 790 (2.5%) 9,298 (29.6%) 2,963 (47.6%) 2,054 (30.4%) 1,415 (22.3%) 1,225 (19.9%) < 0.001
Complete housing damage by GEJE, n (%) 1,745 (5.4%) 2,442 (8%) 525 (8.7%) 532 (8.1%) 484 (7.8%) 460 (7.7%) 0.183
BMI, kg/m2 339 (1.1%) 23.4(3.4) 23.6(3.6) 23.4(3.5) 23.2(3.2) 23.2(3.1) < 0.001
BMI (category) < 0.001
 < 18.5 kg/m2, n (%) 1,617 (5.1%) 349 (5.5%) 390 (5.7%) 351 (5.5%) 297 (4.7%)
 ≥ 18.5 and < 25 kg/m2, n (%) 21,154 (66.5%) 4,077 (64.3%) 4,455 (65.4%) 4,390 (68.4%) 4,333 (69.2%)
 ≥ 25 and < 30 kg/m2, n (%) 7,760 (24.4%) 1,572 (24.8%) 1,661 (24.4%) 1,466 (22.8%) 1,461 (23.3%)
 ≥ 30 kg/m2, n (%) 1,292 (4.1%) 342 (5.4%) 310 (4.5%) 211 (3.3%) 171 (2.7%)
Smoking 813 (2.5%) < 0.001
 Current, n (%) 4,541 (14.5%) 1,369 (21.8%) 1,044 (15.4%) 707 (11.1%) 625 (10.1%)
 Past, n (%) 7,597 (24.2%) 1,489 (23.7%) 1,519 (22.5%) 1,502 (23.6%) 1,513 (24.4%)
 Never, n (%) 19,211 (61.3%) 3,429 (54.5%) 4,202 (62.1%) 4,158 (65.3%) 4,068 (65.5%)
Alcohol status 295 (0.9%) 0.844
 Current, n (%) 14,570 (45.7%) 2,884 (45.2%) 3,164 (46.2%) 2,984 (46.4%) 2,857 (45.5%)
 Past, n (%) 817 (2.6%) 159 (2.5%) 181 (2.6%) 171 (2.7%) 161 (2.6%)
 Never, n (%) 16,480 (51.7%) 3,341 (52.3%) 3,499 (51.1%) 3,279 (51%) 3,255 (51.9%)
CES-D ≥ 16 points, n (%) 1,846 (5.7%) 7,750 (25.6%) 1,884 (31.2%) 1,843 (27.9%) 1,419 (22.9%) 1,203 (19.9%) < 0.001
Heart disease, n (%) 5,917 (18.4%) 1,259 (4.8%) 183 (3.6%) 250 (4.4%) 261 (4.9%) 270 (5.1%) < 0.001
Hypertension, n (%) 2,737 (8.5%) 8,159 (27.7%) 1,316 (22.8%) 1,605 (25.3%) 1,742 (29.1%) 1,809 (30.7%) < 0.001
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 5,252 (16.3%) 3,842 (14.3%) 546 (10.4%) 806 (13.9%) 975 (17.6%) 899 (16.5%) < 0.001
Diabetes, n (%) 5,203 (16.2%) 1,415 (5.2%) 188 (3.6%) 270 (4.6%) 299 (5.4%) 325 (6.0%) < 0.001
Stroke, n (%) 5,875 (18.3%) 500 (1.9%) 80 (1.6%) 99 (1.7%) 99 (1.8%) 121 (2.3%) 0.089
Knee Osteoarthritis, n (%) 7,280 (22.6%) 1,240 (5.0%) 161 (3.3%) 252 (4.7%) 286 (5.6%) 305 (6.1%) < 0.001
Cancer, n (%) 5,720 (17.8%) 2,271 (8.6%) 327 (6.3%) 439 (7.7%) 502 (9.3%) 534 (10.0%) < 0.001
Anti-hypertensive agents 581 (1.8%)
 ACEI, n (%) 633 (2%) 88 (1.4%) 114 (1.7%) 141 (2.2%) 146 (2.4%) < 0.001
 ARB, n (%) 4,244 (13.4%) 649 (10.3%) 853 (12.6%) 889 (14.0%) 959 (15.5%) < 0.001
 other agents, n (%) 5,929 (18.8%) 938 (14.9%) 1,191 (17.6%) 1,290 (20.3%) 1,330 (21.4%) < 0.001
Anti-diabetic agents, n (%) 581 (1.8%) 1,520 (4.8%) 212 (3.4%) 282 (4.2%) 313 (4.9%) 345 (5.6%) < 0.001
Statin, n (%) 581 (1.8%) 4,981 (15.8%) 691 (11.0%) 1,022 (15.1%) 1,169 (18.4%) 1,094 (17.6%) < 0.001
TG, mg/dL 32 (0.1%) 117.5 (81.7) 122.2 (96.4) 117.1 (83.6) 114.2 (74.3) 112.2 (70.4) < 0.001
UA, mg/dL 0 (0.0%) 5.1(1.3) 5.2(1.4) 5.1(1.3) 5.0(1.3) 5.1(1.3) < 0.001
HbA1c, % 3 (0.0%) 5.6(0.6) 5.5(0.6) 5.6(0.6) 5.6(0.5) 5.6(0.5) < 0.001
BUN, mg/dL 0 (0.0%) 14.3(3.1) 13.8(3.2) 13.8(3.1) 14.3(3.0) 14.7(2.9) < 0.001
Serum creatinine, mg/dL 0 (0.0%) 0.7(0.2) 0.7(0.1) 0.7(0.1) 0.7(0.2) 0.7(0.2) < 0.001
Urine sodium, mEq/L 665 (2.1%) 127.8(50.6) 132.7(51.8) 126.4(51.7) 125.0(49.5) 127.1(49.7) < 0.001
Urine potassium, mEq/L 545 (1.7%) 3.9(2.5) 3.8(2.5) 3.9(2.5) 3.9(2.5) 4.0(2.5) < 0.001
Urine ACR ≥ 30 mg/g, n (%) 130 (0.4%) 2,902 (9.1%) 530 (8.3%) 602 (8.8%) 530 (8.2%) 597 (9.5%) 0.036
eGFR-cys, mL/min/1.73m2 0 (0.0%) 98.1(13.2) 100.7(13.3) 99.9(13.1) 97.8(12.9) 96.6(12.6) < 0.001
eGFR-cys < 60 mL/min/1.73m2, n (%) 0 (0.0%) 428 (1.3%) 78 (1.2%) 75 (1.1%) 99 (1.5%) 83 (1.3%) < 0.001
LTPA, METs-hour/day 6,129 (19.1%) 2.9(4.2) 0.0(0.0) 0.6(0.4) 2.5(0.7) 8.6(5.0) < 0.001
Non-LTPA, METs-hour/day 3,950 (12.3%) 16.6(14.2) 19.8(17.3) 14.6(13.0) 14.2(12.0) 17.5(12.8) < 0.001
Sitting time, hour/day 2,804 (8.7%) 225.4(143.9) 216.7(156.6) 237.3(150.5) 235.2(138.8) 220.1(130.5) 0.438
Survey season 0 (0.0%) < 0.001
 Spring, n (%) 4,848 (15.1%) 1,099 (17.1%) 1,122 (16.3%) 938 (14.5%) 783 (12.4%)
 Summer, n (%) 6,689 (20.8%) 1,334 (20.8%) 1,363 (19.9%) 1,299 (20.1%) 1,398 (22.2%)
 Autumn, n (%) 20,459 (63.6%) 3,947 (61.5%) 4,339 (63.2%) 4,187 (64.8%) 4,089 (64.9%)
 Winter, n (%) 166 (0.5%) 36 (0.6%) 40 (0.6%) 33 (0.5%) 26 (0.4%)

Data are presented as mean (SD) or n (%). One way ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variable were performed

Cut-off values of quartile range for each physical activity domain are employed from mean cut-off values of multiply imputed datasets (M = 100)

Participants with missing values in each physical activity domain were not listed in each quartile group

BMI Body mass index, CES-D The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale, ACEI Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB Angiotensin receptor blocker, TG Triglyceride, UA Uric acid, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, eGFR-cys Cystatin C estimated glomerular filtration rate, ACR Albumin-creatinine ratio, LTPA Leisure time physical activity