Table 1.
Sample characteristics: socio-demographic and accelerometer-based physical activity (PA) outcomes
| N with ≥4day valid PA data (% sample) |
Age | Sex | Education | Work status |
Marital status |
Accelerometer wear time |
PA outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Men | Less than HS |
HS graduate |
College or more |
Working | Couple | Valid days |
Average wear (hrs/day) |
MVPA min/day |
PAG for cancer & weight gain prevention |
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| Site | n (%) | M (SD) | % | % | % | % | % | % | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | % |
| All | 7,273 (51) | 43 (12) | 45.9 | 12.1 | 38.4 | 49.5 | 78.8 | 64.3 | 6.5 (1.1) | 14.4 (1.3) | 38.0 (26.8) | 19.7 |
| Ghent (BEL)1 | 1,050 (99) | 43 (13) | 48.5 | 4.3 | 32.7 | 62.9 | 80.3 | 73.4 | 6.7 (1.1) | 14.7 (1.3) | 35.5 (23.5) | 15.5 |
| Curitiba (BRA)2 | 330 (47) | 42 (13) | 48.5 | 27.9 | 31.2 | 40.9 | 79.4 | 60.3 | 6.7 (1.0) | 14.0 (1.3) | 31.5 (24.6) | 13.9 |
| Bogota (COL)2 | 223 (23) | 46 (12) | 31.8 | 46.6 | 36.3 | 17.0 | 60.5 | 61.4 | 6.6 (1.0) | 13.9 (1.2) | 37.0 (26.4) | 16.1 |
| Olomouc (CZ)1 | 258 (78) | 39 (14) | 36.0 | 23.0 | 43.5 | 33.5 | 77.9 | 60.3 | 6.2 (1.2) | 13.9 (1.4) | 47.1 (27.7) | 29.8 |
| Hradec Kralove (CZ)1 | 122 (73) | 36 (14) | 38.6 | 15.7 | 56.5 | 27.8 | 82.8 | 52.6 | 6.2 (1.4) | 14.2 (1.3) | 45.1 (25.9) | 29.5 |
| Aarhus (DEN)2 | 272 (42) | 40 (14) | 39.0 | 7.4 | 42.3 | 50.4 | 75.4 | 69.1 | 7.0 (0.8 | 14.9 (1.1) | 39.7 (23.2) | 24.3 |
| Hong Kong (CN)2 | 269 (56) | 42 (13) | 40.5 | 36.4 | 23.1 | 40.5 | 62.7 | 56.1 | 5.9 (1.0 | 14.4 (1.4) | 44.9 (25.3) | 27.5 |
| Cuernavaca (MEX)1 | 656 (97) | 42 (13) | 45.7 | 43.9 | 28.8 | 27.3 | 71.5 | 64.8 | 5.7 (1.0 | 14.0 (1.4) | 31.2 (25.2) | 12.3 |
| North Shore (NZ)1 | 373 (73) | 43 (12) | 37.4 | 2.4 | 58.3 | 39.3 | 76.4 | 71.1 | 6.4 (1.3 | 14.2 (1.2) | 45.7 (28.4) | 27.9 |
| Waitakere (NZ)1 | 399 (78) | 42 (11) | 40.4 | 3.8 | 64.7 | 31.6 | 86.2 | 76.1 | 6.4 (1.3 | 14.1 (1.3) | 37.2 (29.2) | 16.3 |
| Wellington (NZ)1 | 416 (84) | 40 (12) | 47.6 | 0.5 | 45.0 | 54.6 | 87.5 | 60.1 | 6.7 (1.3 | 14.0 (1.2) | 50.1 (31.0) | 30.0 |
| Christchurch (NZ)1 | 373 (75) | 43 (12) | 45.6 | 8.6 | 57.0 | 34.4 | 85.5 | 57.1 | 6.5 (1.3 | 14.0 (1.2) | 44.0 (32.5) | 25.2 |
| Pamplona (ESP)2 | 329 (36) | 39 (13) | 39.5 | 4.3 | 32.7 | 63.0 | 76.3 | 57.3 | 6.5 (0.8 | 15.0 (1.1) | 51.0 (29.5) | 31.3 |
| Stoke-on-Trent (UK)2 | 135 (16) | 44 (13) | 46.7 | 38.8 | 46.3 | 14.9 | 64.4 | 45.9 | 6.6 (1.0 | 14.6 (1.2) | 36.7 (27.3) | 19.3 |
| Seattle (USA)1 | 1198 (93) | 44 (11) | 55.0 | 1.1 | 34.9 | 64.0 | 81.4 | 64.1 | 6.7 (0.8 | 14.7 (1.3) | 36.3 (24.9) | 18.9 |
| Baltimore (USA)1 | 870 (95) | 47 (11) | 48.7 | 1.8 | 29.6 | 68.5 | 83.0 | 61.1 | 6.7 (1.2 | 14.8 (1.4) | 29.2 (22.0) | 12.9 |
N and n = number of participants; HS = high school; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. PAG = physical activity guidelines. Valid days of accelerometer wear are those with 10+ valid hours of wear. BEL = Belgium; BRA = Brazil; COL = Colombia; CZ = Czech Republic; DEN = Denmark; CN = China; MEX = Mexico; NZ = New Zealand; ESP = Spain; UK = the United Kingdom; USA = the United States of America.
1
Study site aimed to collect accelerometer data on the whole sample.
2
Study site aimed to collect data on a fixed proportion of the total sample.