Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of study participants according to leisure time physical activity (LTPA) categories (n=661,137)

Characteristic	Category (%)	Participants	LTPA level, MET h/wk (percentages in each category reported below)a
			0	0.1-<7.5	7.5-<15	15-<22.5	22.5-<40	40-<75	75+
Participants, n		661,137	52,848	172,203	170,563	118,169	124,446	18,831	4,077
Deaths, n		116,686	11,523	33,511	28,957	19,979	21,114	1,390	212
Age, years	<60	276,418	50	45	43	39	36	65	76
	60-<70	307,556	39	45	48	53	54	27	18
	70+	61,356	12	10	10	8	10	8	6
Gender	Men	291,485	38	42	44	49	49	30	28
	Women	369,652	62	58	56	51	51	70	72
Smoking Status	Never	275,388	40	43	43	41	41	48	51
	Former	298,256	41	44	46	49	49	42	38
	Current	74,977	19	13	11	10	10	10	11
Alcohol intake	Non-drinker	179,676	38	30	26	22	25	23	24
	One drink/d	376,861	51	56	59	59	56	65	66
	Two drinks/d	54,063	7	7	8	10	10	7	6
Education	College Graduate	250,564	29	37	41	44	40	44	43
Marital Status	Married	474,338	77	77	77	74	76	81	76
BMI, kg/m2	<25	277,193	36	38	42	44	48	60	60
	25-<30	256,713	37	39	40	40	40	32	30
	30+	119,988	27	23	18	15	12	9	10
Race	White	627,393	96	96	97	96	97	96	93
Co-morbidities	Heart disease	61,158	8	9	9	11	10	4	3
	Cancer	46,358	8	8	7	6	7	6	5

^aFrequencies are column percentage.