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. 2014 Mar 18;9(3):e92005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092005

Table 1. Study population characteristics.

Training sample n = 433 Validation sample n = 911
Sex (%women) 50.81 51.59
Age at recruitment (years) 63.53±8.55 65.74±7.99
Occupational activity (%) Non-working 51.27 52.58
Sedentary 32.33 31.28
Standing 9.70 10.43
Manual 6.24 4.39
Heavy manual 0.46 1.32
Total Physical Activity Index (%) Inactive 20.55 20.42
Moderately inactive 31.18 35.78
Moderately active 42.26 38.20
Active 6.0 5.60
Cambridge index (%) Inactive 8.08 9.33
Moderately inactive 35.80 34.25
Moderately active 28.41 28.10
Active 27.71 28.32
Acceleration counts (counts/min/day) 30.47±17.26 29.09±13.94
PAEE (kJ/kg/day) 8.54±3.66 8.29±3.68
Sedentary time (min/day) 1070±135 1077±136
PAL 1.59±0.20 1.58±0.20