Table 1. Main characteristics of participants in the EVIDENT study by level of physical activity according to the Spanish version of the Brief Physical Activity Assessment Tool (SBPAAT).
| Total | Sufficiently active | Insufficiently active | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All participants | n (%) | 1184 | 489 | (41.3) | 695 | (58.7) | ||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men: n (%) | 468 | (39.5) | 232 | (47.4) | 236 | (34.0) | <0.001 | |
| Women: n (%) | 716 | (60.5) | 257 | (52.6) | 459 | (66.0) | ||
| Age | ||||||||
| Mean: ±SD | 58.9 | ±13.7 | 55.2 | ±13.7 | 54.6 | ±13.7 | 0.437 | |
| Tobacco consumption | ||||||||
| No n (%) | 561 | (47.4) | 229 | (46.8) | 332 | (47.8) | <0.001 | |
| Ex-smoker n (%) | 371 | (31.3) | 182 | (37.2) | 189 | (27.2) | ||
| Currents smoker n (%) | 252 | (21.3) | 78 | (16.0) | 174 | (25.0) | ||
| Cig/week | ||||||||
| Mean: ±SD | 11.2 | ±9.5 | 9.1 | ±7.8 | 12.1 | ±10.0 | 0.020 | |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||||
| (BUA/week). Mean: ±SD | 4.5 | ± 7.8 | 4.9 | ±7.6 | 4.2 | ±7.9 | 0.141 | |
| Others variables | ||||||||
| Ischaemic cardiopathy n (%) | 23.0 | (2.0) | 11 | (2.3) | 12 | (1.7) | 0.510 | |
| Cerebrovascular diseases n(%) | 17 | (1.4) | 7 | (1.4) | 10 | (1.4) | 0.997 | |
| Heart failure | 21 | (1.8) | 11 | (2.3) | 10 | (1.4) | 0.284 | |
| Hypercholesterolemia n(%) | 355 | (30.1) | 143 | (29.5) | 212 | (30.5) | 0.712 | |
| Type 2 Diabetes n(%) | 91 | (7.7) | 37 | (7.6) | 54 | (7.8) | 0.923 | |
| Compliance with Mediterranean Diet n(%) | 397 | (33.5) | 181 | (45.6) | 216 | (54.4) | 0.033 | |
| BMI. | ||||||||
| Mean: ±SD | 27.1 | ±4.6 | 26.7 | ±3.9 | 27.4 | ±4.9 | 0.009 | |
| % Body fat | ||||||||
| Mean: ±SD | 34.7 | ±7.6 | 33.4 | ±7.4 | 35.7 | ±7.5 | <0.001 | |
| Hours of TV watched/week | ||||||||
| Mean: ±SD | 20.0 | ±14.9 | 17.5 | ±12.6 | 21.8 | ±16.1 | <0.001 | |
SBPAAT: Spanish version of the Brief Physical Activity Assessment Tool.
Sufficiently active: Individuals who report three or more 20 minute sessions of vigorous intensity PA a week; five or more 30 minute sessions of moderate intensity physical activity (including walking) a week; or five or more sessions of any combination of moderate and vigorous intensity PA.
Insufficiently active: Individuals who do not meet the criteria to be considered sufficiently active.
Cig.: Cigarettes; BUA: Basic unit of alcohol; BMI: Body Mass Index.
SD: Standard deviation.
P-value derived from the Chi-square test and t-student in categorical and continuous variables, respectively.