Table 1.
Participant characteristics by television viewing and MVPA participation at Time 2*: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
| Television viewing (h/day) | MVPA (h/wk) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <3 | 3–4 | 5+ | <1 | 1–4 | 4+ | |
| N | 70963 | 59162 | 35062 | 38058 | 53237 | 72951 |
| Age (y) | 70.1 (5.4) | 71.0 (5.2) | 71.3 (5.1) | 70.7 (5.4) | 70.8 (5.3) | 70.6 (5.2) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.1 (4.2) | 27.0 (4.5) | 28.0 (5.2) | 28.0 (5.3) | 26.9 (4.6) | 26.1 (4.0) |
| Education-some college (%) | 74.8 | 65.1 | 57.4 | 58.8 | 65.9 | 73.6 |
| Married (%) | 71.2 | 69.9 | 63.7 | 64.5 | 66.9 | 73.1 |
| Race (% white) | 94.1 | 93.9 | 92.0 | 92.5 | 93.5 | 94.2 |
| Very good/excellent health (%) | 60.8 | 49.3 | 39.7 | 38.4 | 48.2 | 62.3 |
| Retired (%) | 70.5 | 81.8 | 86.9 | 75.1 | 76.8 | 80.5 |
| Sleep <7 h/night (%) | 26.9 | 27.9 | 29.1 | 31.3 | 28.0 | 25.7 |
| MVPA 4+ h/wk (%) | 46.2 | 35.5 | 18.3 | - | - | - |
| Television 5+ h/day (%) | - | - | - | 27.4 | 20.8 | 18.3 |
| Ever diagnosed with (%): | ||||||
| Coronary heart disease | 18.1 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 22.4 | 21.2 | 21.0 |
| Cancer | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Chronic condition | 6.0 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 8.2 | 6.0 |
| Degenerative disease | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Depression | 11.6 | 12.2 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 13.7 | 10.1 |
| Hypertension | 48.8 | 55.7 | 60.5 | 57.7 | 55.5 | 50.4 |
| High Cholesterol | 52.0 | 57.5 | 59.6 | 55.4 | 56.3 | 55.2 |
| Diabetes | 11.3 | 15.5 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 15.5 | 12.1 |
Information at Time 2 was reported on the Follow-up Questionnaire, administered 2004–2006. Values in parentheses are standard deviation. Degenerative diseases refer to Parkinson’s Diease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Multiple Sclerosis