Table 2. Baseline variables among individuals aged 70–74 at baseline stratified by level of physical activity, the Hordaland Health Study.
| Born in 1925–1927 | Low intensity, short duration (13.7%) |
Low intensity, longer duration (59.5%) |
High intensity (26.8%) |
All participants N = 2,225 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | p-value** | Percentages | |
| Deaths | 51.3% (n = 156) | 35.2% (n = 466) | 33.0% (n = 197) | <0.001 | 36.8% (n = 819) |
| Socio-Demographics | |||||
| Female | 59.2% | 53.2% | 35.3% | <0.001 | 49.2% |
| Marital Status | 0.059 | ||||
| Not married | 5.6% | 5.7% | 7.0% | 6.1% | |
| Married | 65.8% | 68.4% | 72.0% | 69.0% | |
| Widow/widower | 21.7% | 20.6% | 14.9% | 19.2% | |
| Divorced | 6.9% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 5.7% | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||||
| Compulsory only | 60.2% | 43.1% | 27.1% | 41.2% | |
| High school | 26.6% | 40.6% | 46.2% | 40.2% | |
| University | 13.2% | 16.2% | 26.6% | 18.6% | |
| Health-Related Behaviour | |||||
| Alcohol consumption | <0.001 | ||||
| No consumption | 53.6% | 47.3% | 39.4% | 46.0% | |
| Normal consumption | 43.8% | 48.4% | 53.8% | 49.2% | |
| Heavy consumption | 2.6% | 4.3% | 6.9% | 4.8% | |
| Daily smoking | 27.0% | 17.5% | 14.6% | <0.001 | 18.0% |
| Physical health | |||||
| Somatic diagnosis | 0.001 | ||||
| No diagnosis | 58.2%% | 70.4% | 71.2% | 68.9% | |
| One diagnosis | 29.0% | 21.8% | 20.6% | 22.4% | |
| Two or more diagnosis | 12.8% | 7.9% | 8.2% | 8.6% | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value*** | Mean (SD) | |
| Systolic blood pressure | 148.3 (20.8) | 147.6 (20.6) | 146.9 (20.2) | 0.330 | 147.5 (20.6) |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 78.1 (11.9) | 78.5 (12.4) | 78.7 (11.6) | 0.467 | 78.5 (12.1) |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 6.22 (1.19) | 6.28 (1.14) | 6.13 (1.06) | 0.067 | 6.23 (1.13) |
| BMI | 27.2 (4.8) | 25.8 (3.8) | 25.7 (3.3) | <0.001 | 26.0 (3.9) |
| Mental health * | 1.67 (0.51) | 1.54 (0.45) | 1.47 (0.41) | <0.001 | 1.54 (0.45) |
*7-item CONOR-MHI, mean score,
** p-values derived using chi2-tests,
*** p-values derived using linear regression