. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Dec;42(12):2222–2230. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e1fcd5

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population, N=545 men and women in the Shanghai Physical Activity Study

	Total (N=545)		Men (N=271)		Women (N=274)
	Mean	SD^*	Mean	SD	Mean	SD

Age (yrs)	53.4	9.4	55.7	9.4	51.2	8.8
Weight (kg)	63.5	10.4	67.1	10.8	59.9	8.6
Height (m)	1.6	0.1	1.7	0.1	1.6	0.1
BMI (kg/m²)^*	23.7	3.2	23.4	3.3	24.0	3.2
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.85	0.07	0.89	0.06	0.81	0.05
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%

Education: high school or more	257	47	143	53	114	42
Most recent occupation: farmers or workers^†	306	56	158	58	148	54
Ever smoked cigarettes	192	35	183	68	9	3
Ever drank alcohol	102	19	94	35	8	3

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index.

^†

Most recent occupation.