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. 2017 May 8;3:23. doi: 10.1186/s40814-017-0139-6

Table 1.

Baseline demographics, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, including completers and post-baseline non-completers

Characteristics All participants Intervention group
(N = 49)
Control group
(N = 49)
Demographics
 Gender: N (%) Available, N 97 48 49
Female 57 (59%) 29 (60%) 28 (57%)
 Age (years) Available, N 95 46 49
Mean (SD) 68.32 (3.78) 68.00 (4.05) 68.61 (3.52)
 Ethnicity: N (%) Available, N 94 46 48
White 91 (97%) 44 (6%) 47 (98%)
Black 0 0 0
Asian 1 (1%) 1 (2%) 0
Mixed or other 2 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%)
 Marital status: N (%) Available, N 96 47 49
Single 7 (7%) 6 (13%) 1 (2%)
Married 72 (75%) 35 (75%) 37 (76%)
Widowed 9 (9%) 2 (4%) 7 (14%)
Divorced or separated 8 (8%) 4 (9%) 4 (8%)
 Longstanding illness: N (%) Available N 94 46 48
Yes 69 (73%) 38 (83%) 31 (65%)
 Education, university: N (%) Available N 92 46 46
Yes 33 (36%) 14 (30%) 19 (41%)
 Education, age leaving school (years) Available N 91 45 46
Mean (SD) 16.34 (1.38) 16.11 (1.47) 16.57 (1.28)
Sedentary behaviour
 Sitting time (IPAQ; min/day) Available, N 90 45 45
Mean (SD) 480.30 483.60 (212.25) 477.00 (159.99)
 Sitting time (MOST; min/day) Available, N 96 48 48
Mean (SD) 559.34 (213.99) 552.54 (206.18) 566.15 (223.49)
 SB habita Available, N 95 47 48
Mean (SD) 4.13 (0.80) 4.11 (0.89) 4.15 (0.71)
Physical activity
 Walking (min/day) Available, N 90 46 44
Mean (SD) 94.50 (90.62) 77.61 (67.80) 112.16 (107.52)
 Moderate PA (min/day) Available, N 95 47 48
Mean (SD) 33.95 (60.85) 36.81 (60.42) 31.15 (61.77)
 Vigorous PA (min/day) Available, N 96 47 49
Mean (SD) 9.64 (30.63) 8.19 (26.24) 11.02 (34.54)
 PA habita Available, N 95 47 48
Mean (SD) 3.27 (1.13) 3.30 (1.21) 3.25 (1.06)

aHabit measured on a 1–5 scale, where 1, weak or no habit and 5, strongest habit