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. 2016 Jan 14;56(Suppl 1):S27–S39. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnv676

Table 2.

Baseline Differences in Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Between Veteran and Non-Veteran Women

Veterans a Non-Veterans a Unadjusted Adjusted b
N Mean ( SD ) N Mean ( SD ) Diff 95% CI p Value Diff 95% CI p Value
Physical activity (MET-hours/week) 3,278 13.2 (14.2) 124,853 12.5 (13.7) 0.70 (0.24, 1.16) .003 0.53 (0.06, 1.01) .03
Sedentary time (hours/week) c 1,992 107.2 (28.4) 74,064 105.9 (29.2) 1.08 (−0.12, 2.28) .08 0.51 (−0.73, 1.76) .42

Notes: BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; Diff = difference; MET = metabolic equivalent; SD = standard deviation.

a Numbers and means reflect those from adjusted analyses.

b Adjusted for age (continuous), race/ethnicity (non-white/white), education (ordinal), income (ordinal), marital status (nominal), social support (continuous), smoking status (nominal), Healthy Eating Index 2005 (continuous), BMI (continuous), and study assignment (nominal; for physical activity only).

c Among Observational Study participants only.