Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants With Complete Accelerometer and Questionnaire Data, by Sex, Health Survey for England, 2008
| Women (n = 1,183) |
Men (n = 992) |
P Valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | ||
| Current smoker | 19.5 | 20.0 | 0.767 | ||
| Manual occupation | 33.3 | 45.0 | <0.001 | ||
| Long-standing illness | 48.7 | 48.9 | 0.925 | ||
| Very physically active at workb | 16.0 | 25.9 | <0.001 | ||
| Age, years | 51.8 (17.8) | 52.7 (17.7) | 0.281 | ||
| Body mass indexc | 27.4 (5.6) | 27.7 (4.5) | 0.126 | ||
| Accelerometer wear time, minutes/dayd | 827.3 (70.2) | 845.0 (76.7) | <0.001 | ||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a P value for comparison between men and women, calculated by means of the χ2 test (categorical variables) or analysis of variance (continuous variables).
b Participants aged 16–74 years who had done any paid or unpaid work in the last 4 weeks (630 women, 615 men).
c Weight (kg)/height (m)2.
d Average accelerometer wear time per day, where nonwear was defined by intervals of at least 60 minutes of zero activity counts, with allowance for up to 2 consecutive minutes of 1–100 counts/minute.