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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2010 Jan;7(1):87–94. doi: 10.1123/jpah.7.1.87

Table 4. Year 2 Mean Scores (± SD) for Psychological Factors Across Physical Activity Levels Using the SBAS in ADVANCE Older Controls, n = 996.

SBAS categories Inactive Light-intensity Moderate-intensity Hard-intensity Very hard-intensity p-value* for linear trend across groups Possible range of scores Desired direction of score
n (%) 164 (16.5) 215 (21.6) 389 (39.1) 138 (13.9) 90 (9.0)
Depression 6.8 ± 5.5 5.1 ± 4.8 4.8 ± 4.5 3.9 ± 3.9 3.9 ± 4.0 <0.001 0–30
Mental health 51.8 ± 9.0 53.7 ± 7.4 54.0 ± 6.8 55.0 ± 6.8 54.6 ± 6.8 0.002 0–100
Physical health 43.3 ± 11.7 49.4 ± 8.3 50.7 ± 7.8 53.0 ± 5.9 53.4 ± 7.0 <0.001 0–100

Note. Values are mean ± SD. Bold indicates statistically significant findings.

*

Regression analyses across SBAS categories adjusted by gender, ethnicity, and education level.