Table 1. Baseline characteristics of sample according to level of total cycling.
| Minutes of total cycling per week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1–60 | 61–150 | 151–300 | >300 | Total | |
| Participants, n | 16,589 | 11,711 | 9,424 | 8,756 | 6,033 | 52,513 |
| Sex, % women | 49.3 | 49.9 | 57.2 | 58.7 | 55.3 | 53.1 |
| Age, yrs | 56 (52–60) | 55 (52–59) | 56 (52–60) | 55 (52–59) | 55 (52–59) | 56 (52–60) |
| Basic school, yrs (≤7/8–10/>10) | 34.5/45.3/20.2 | 27.9/48.4/23.7 | 30.9/46.9/22.2 | 32.2/47.0/20.8 | 35.9/44.1/20.0 | 32.2/46.4/21.4 |
| Higher education, yrs (0/1–2/3–4/>4) | 16.4/22.1/39.4/22.1 | 11.6/20.7/42.8/24.8 | 13.7/22.6/41.7/22.0 | 14.7/25.2/39.6/20.4 | 16.0/25.1/37.9/21.0 | 14.5/22.8/40.5/22.3 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 90 (80–99) | 89 (79–97) | 87 (78–96) | 86 (78–95) | 86 (78–95) | 88 (79–97) |
| LTPA other than total cycling, MET*hrs/week | 42.0 (26.5–65.5) | 41.0 (27.3–61.3) | 45.0 (30.8–67.0) | 48.0 (32.5–71.0) | 57.0 (36.0–86.5) | 45.0 (29.3–68.0) |
| PA at work (no work/sedentary/standing/manual work/heavy manual work) | 22.1/38.1/16.4/17.9/5.4 | 17.8/41.5/17.5/19.1/4.1 | 22.8/35.1/18.3/20.1/3.7 | 21.5/32.8/18.1/23.6/4.1 | 21.9/29.0/17.8/25.7/5.7 | 21.1/36.4/17.4/20.4/4.6 |
| Smoking status/amount (never/>25 g)† | 32.2/9.8 | 36.5/6.0 | 38.0/4.6 | 38.6/5.0 | 37.5/5.5 | 35.9/6.7 |
| Alcohol intake, grams | 13.3 (5.7–32.1) | 14.1 (6.9–31.5) | 12.9 (6.3–28.9) | 12.2 (5.6–27.0) | 11.9 (4.8–30.7) | 13.0 (6.0–31.0) |
| Dietary energy intake, kJ | 9,327.1 (7,670.2–11,210.1) | 9,456.5 (7,915.2–11,262.2) | 9,499.1 (7,879.2–11,299.2) | 9,596.0 (7,946.2–11,480.2) | 9,958.7 (8,192.7–12,069.1) | 9,505.2 (7,861.6–11,380.3) |
| Polyunsaturated: saturated fat ratio | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 0.4 (0.4–0.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) |
| Vegetables, grams | 145.5 (92.8–211.1) | 162.8 (108.4–226.9) | 168.3 (111.9–237.3) | 174.0 (115.8–247.1) | 175.8 (113.9–254.8) | 161.7 (105.1–230.7) |
| Fruit, grams | 152.4 (78.2–259.0) | 166.8 (94.8–269.9) | 183.1 (105.1–291.0) | 189.3 (113.1–305.0) | 195.8 (112.6–323.7) | 172.3 (95.3–282.0) |
| Potatoes, grams | 130.7 (84.1–193.2) | 128.0 (85.1–178.4) | 127.0 (83.0–178.0) | 128.2 (82.4–183.5) | 130.3 (82.7–192.6) | 128.9 (83.8–185.2) |
| Wholegrain cereals, grams | 119.0 (78.3–168.1) | 127.8 (88.0–173.7) | 131.2 (90.2–177.3) | 135.8 (95.0–184.3) | 142.0 (99.9–196.0) | 127.8 (86.6–174.9) |
| Refined cereals, grams | 46.5 (29.4–77.5) | 46.6 30.3–73.0) | 44.7 (29.1–68.3) | 45.2 (29.2–68.7) | 45.7 (29.4–71.1) | 45.9 (29.5–72.1) |
| Glycaemic load of all carbohydrates | 173.8 (138.2–214.1) | 178.4 (145.5–217.6 | 181.2 (146.6–221.4) | 185.3 (149.3–226.8) | 191.8 (154.9–236.4) | 180.1 (144.6–220.9) |
| Coffee*, grams (0/1–500/501–000/>1000) | 3.5/38.2/27.0/ 31.3 | 3.8/39.9/28.9/ 27.5 | 3.6/41.9/30.0/ 24.5 | 3.7/41.9/28.5/ 25.9 | 4.3/42.4/26.9/ 26.4 | 3.7/40.3/28.2/ 27.8 |
Baseline characteristics of participants according to level of total cycling. Due to skewness in distribution of continuous variables, these are presented as medians with interquartile ranges. Categorized variables are presented as proportions. Unless otherwise stated, values in grams are expressed as daily intakes.
*Categorized as above for descriptive purposes only.
†Only proportions at the two extremes are presented. yrs = years; PA = physical activity; LTPA = leisure time physical activity; MET = metabolic equivalents; hrs = hours.