Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the sample at baseline in relation to habitual physical activity through follow up (n= 4289).

Variable	Meeting physical activity guidelines through follow up†
	Rarely (n=681)	Sometimes (n=1503)	Always (n=2105)
Age (yrs)	48.7 ± 5.7	49.4 ± 5.9	49.1 ± 6.0
% men	56.8	63.9	82.9
% low grade employees	21.6	12.2	6.5
% smokers	13.2	10.6	10.1
% Chronic illness	35.8	35.2	29.9
Average MVPA (hrs/wk)	1.1 ± 1.9	1.3 ± 1.5	6.0 ± 3.9
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	25.3 ± 3.9	25.1 ± 3.6	24.9 ± 3.2
CRP‡ (mg/L)	2.29 ± 1.90	2.16 ± 1.81	2.05 ± 1.74
IL-6‡ (pg/mL)	2.70 ± 1.55	2.61 ± 1.47	2.45 ± 1.42

^†Meeting physical activity guidelines (at least 2.5 hrs moderate to vigorous physical activity [MVPA] per week); “Rarely’ includes meeting guideline once or less through follow-up; ‘sometimes’ on two phases; ‘always’ on all three follow-up phases.

^‡Geometric mean (± SD)