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. 2014 Aug 18;12:98. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-98

Table 1.

Sample characteristics (n = 1001, Rio Claro-SP)

Variable Total n (%) Women n (%) Men n (%)
Gender
 Women 582 (58.1) - -
 Men 419 (41.8) - -
Age group (years)
 20-39 414 (41.3) 232 (39.8) 182 (43.4)
 40-59 370 (36.9) 213 (36.6) 157 (37.4)
 ≥ 60 217 (21.6) 137 (23.5) 80 (19.0)
Socioeconomic status*
 High 366 (37.3) 196 (34.7) 170 (41.0)
 Medium 432 (44.1) 253 (44.9) 179 (43.1)
 Low 181 (18.4) 115 (20.4) 66 (15.9)
Educational level (years) ¥
 ≤ 8 353 (35.3) 234 (40.3) 119 (28.4)
 9-11 183 (18.3) 113 (19.4) 70 (16.7)
 ≥ 12 464 (46.4) 234 (40.3) 230 (54.9)
Level of leisure-time of PA (min/week)
 ≤ 9 598 (59.7) 378 (64.9) 220 (52.5)
 10-149 113 (11.3) 53 (9.1) 60 (14.3)
 150-299 115 (11.5) 65 (11.2) 50 (11.9)
 ≥ 300 175 (17.5) 86 (14.8) 89 (21.3)
Moderate PA (min/week)
 ≤ 9 634 (63.3) 386 (66.3) 248 (59.2)
 10-149 133 (13.3) 61 (10.5) 72 (17.2)
 150-299 121 (12.1) 69 (11.9) 52 (12.4)
 ≥ 300 113 (11.3) 66 (11.3) 47 (11.2)
Vigorous PA (min/week)
 ≤ 9 890 (88.9) 540 (92.8) 350 (83.5)
 10-74.9 18 (1.8) 6 (1.0) 12 (2.9)
 75-149 26 (2.6) 10 (1.7) 16 (3.8)
 ≥ 150 67 (6.7) 26 (4.5) 41 (9.8)

*979 participants.

¥1000 participants.