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. 2015 Aug 7;10(8):e0135308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135308

Table 1. Participant Characteristics according to the Number of Days Moving beyond the Neighborhood during One Week.

0–3 days (N = 53) 4–5 days (N = 49) 6–7 days (N = 72)
Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR P a
Age (yrs) 81.8 (7.1) 79.6 (7.2) 78.0 (5.5) .001
Chronic diseases (n) 4.0 (3) 4 (3.5) 4 (4) .636
Accelerometer wear time (hr) 13.6 (2.0) 13.7 (2.5) 14.3 (1.9) .035
% n % n % n P b
Gender (female) 81 (43) 65 (32) 50 (36) .002
Walk difficulty 2km (yes) 57 (30) 27 (13) 15 (11) < .001
Car driver (yes) 19 (10) 53 (26) 82 (40) < .001
Car passenger (yes) 70 (37) 61 (30) 60 (43) .484
Public transport (yes) 38 (20) 39 (19) 39 (28) .990
Taxi (yes) 66 (18) 10 (5) 11 (8) .001
Neighborhood (Urban) 94 (50) 92 (45) 96 (69) .650
Housing .693
    (Apartment block) 55 (29) 49 (24) 46 (33)
    (Row house) 13 (7) 20 (10) 24 (17)
     Semi-detached / detached house) 32 (17) 31 (15) 31 (22)

IQR = interquartile range.

a Kruskal Wallis.

b Chi-square tests.