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. 2025 Feb 15;4(3):101603. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101603

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Regular Activity (n = 4,043) Weekend Warrior Activity (n = 7,925) Inactive (n = 5,178) Overall (N = 17,146)
Age at accelerometer, y 61.02 (7.59) 61.85 (7.60) 62.11 (7.67) 61.73 (7.63)
Age at MRI, y 63.65 (7.73) 64.27 (7.78) 64.37 (7.87) 64.15 (7.80)
Male 2,118 (52.4) 4,018 (50.7) 1,823 (35.2) 7,959 (46.4)
Body mass index at enrollment, kg/m2a 25.58 (3.76) 25.99 (3.74) 27.69 (4.82) 26.41 (4.19)
Body mass index at MRI, kg/m2a 25.29 (3.79) 25.81 (3.85) 27.75 (4.99) 26.27 (4.33)
Race
 Asian 40 (1.0) 82 (1.0) 71 (1.4) 193 (1.1)
 Black 13 (0.3) 33 (0.4) 47 (0.9) 93 (0.5)
 Other 47 (1.2) 51 (0.6) 43 (0.8) 141 (0.8)
 White 3,943 (97.5) 7,759 (97.9) 5,017 (96.9) 16,719 (97.5)
Tobacco use
 Current 193 (4.8) 330 (4.2) 340 (6.6) 863 (5.0)
 Former 1,377 (34.1) 2,641 (33.3) 1,792 (34.6) 5,810 (33.9)
 Never 2,473 (61.2) 4,954 (62.5) 3,046 (58.8) 10,473 (61.1)
Unemployed/retired 1,319 (32.6) 2,948 (37.2) 1,965 (37.9) 6,232 (36.3)
Alcohol intake, g/wk 132.20 (131.08) 130.91 (128.97) 108.79 (125.14) 124.53 (128.74)
Townsend Deprivation Index −1.59 (2.85) −2.05 (2.65) −1.96 (2.68) −1.92 (2.71)
Self-reported health
 Excellent 1,211 (30.0) 2,181 (27.5) 935 (18.1) 4,327 (25.2)
 Fair 416 (10.3) 822 (10.4) 937 (18.1) 2,175 (12.7)
 Good 2,369 (58.6) 4,825 (60.9) 3,157 (61.0) 10,351 (60.4)
 Poor 47 (1.2) 97 (1.2) 149 (2.9) 293 (1.7)
Diet quality
 Good 804 (19.9) 1,443 (18.2) 797 (15.4) 3,044 (17.8)
 Intermediate 2,058 (50.9) 3,912 (49.4) 2,539 (49.0) 8,509 (49.6)
 Poor 1,181 (29.2) 2,570 (32.4) 1,842 (35.6) 5,593 (32.6)
Educational attainment, y 16.39 (4.40) 16.19 (4.42) 15.03 (4.60) 15.89 (4.51)
Diabetes mellitus 98 (2.4) 173 (2.2) 276 (5.3) 547 (3.2)
Heart failure 21 (0.5) 34 (0.4) 35 (0.7) 90 (0.5)
Atrial fibrillation 89 (2.2) 197 (2.5) 160 (3.1) 446 (2.6)
Myocardial infarction 68 (1.7) 159 (2.0) 131 (2.5) 358 (2.1)
Stroke 43 (1.1) 97 (1.2) 79 (1.5) 219 (1.3)
Total weekly MVPA, min 501 (268) 363 (192) 77 (44) 309 (246)

Baseline characteristics are presented as the mean ± SD or count (N [percentage]).

MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

a

Excludes missing body mass index in n = 22 (enrollment) and n = 587 (MRI).