Table 1.
Baseline characteristics, mean and standard deviation (SD)
| C (n=411) | PB (n=439) | PE (n=435) | WB (n=423) | WE (n=432) | F | χ 2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (years)(SD) | 64.2 (9.5) | 63.1 (8.7) | 64.0 (9.4) | 61.8 (7.1) | 60.8 (7.5) | 12.05 | 0.00a | |
| Gender (% men) | 49.9 | 45.9 | 45.3 | 52.3 | 51.3 | 10.63 | 0.22 | |
| Education (% low) | 50.3 | 43.5 | 47.3 | 46.1 | 47.8 | 4.04 | 0.40 | |
| Paid job (%) | 42.8 | 40.1 | 43.9 | 36.8 | 40.2 | 5.14 | 0.27 | |
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| MET-hours PA/week (SD) | 45.4 (40.0) | 41.6 (37.7) | 41.5 (32.1) | 42.9 (38.9) | 43.0 (40.7) | 0.71 | 0.58 | |
| Minutes MVPA/week (SD) | 806.7 (786.8) | 741.3 (739.1) | 711.7 (646.7) | 684.8 (719.9) | 733.4 (721.0) | 1.63 | 0.16 | |
| Days with sufficient PA (SD) | 3.8 (2.1) | 4.0 (2.0) | 3.9 (2.0) | 4.3 (2.1) | 4.0 (1.9) | 4.95 | 0.00b | |
| Mean utility (SD) | 0.873 (0.180) | 0.870 (0.166) | 0.891 (0.150) | 0.880 (0.163) | 0.890 (0.158) | 1.17 | 0.32 | |
| Mean health care costs (SD) | 1012 (3751) | 713 (1568) | 625 (1532) | 733 (1372) | 686 (1907) | 1.94 | 0.10c | |
| Mean participant and family costs (SD) | 272 (624) | 352 (922) | 274 (602) | 405 (1060) | 331 (1001) | 1.78 | 0.13d | |
| Mean productivity losses (SD) | 220 (2547) | 196 (1069) | 199 (1009) | 465 (2758) | 309 (1694) | 1.63 | 0.17 | |
| Mean societal costs (SD) | 1683 (4993) | 1254 (2315) | 1083 (2001) | 1583 (3406) | 1290 (2876) | 2.41 | 0.05c |
NB: all costs are expressed in Euro’s.
aPost-hoc analysis revealed significant differences: C > WB; C > WE; PB > WE; PE > WB; PE > WE.
bPost-hoc analysis revealed significant differences: C < WB; PE < WB.
cBootstrap analysis revealed significant differences: C > PE.
dBootstrap analysis revealed significant differences: C < WB; PE < WB.