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. 2019 Mar 7;9(3):e026294. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026294

Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Exercising Men (n=11) Non-exercising Men (n=14) Women (Non-exercisers and exercisers, n=4)
Age* 57 (53, 61) 58 (53, 65) 56 (53,61)
Race†
 White 10 (91) 8 (57) 2 (50)
 Black 1 (9) 3 (21) 1 (25)
 Other 0 (0) 3 (21) 1 (25)
Ethnicity†
 Hispanic or Latino 1 (9) 2 (14) 1 (25)
 Not Hispanic/Unknown 10 (91) 12 (86) 3 (75)
Education†
 Some high school 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (25)
 High school or equivalent 4 (36) 2 (14) 0 (0)
 Some college 3 (27) 5 (36) 3 (75)
 College degree 3 (27) 2 (14) 0 (0)
 Post-graduate work 1 (9) 5 (36) 0 (0)
Employment†
 On disability 6 (55) 4 (29) 0 (0)
 Unemployed 0 (0) 5 (36) 3 (75)
 Retired 3 (27) 4 (29) 0 (0)
 Full-time 2 (18) 2 (14) 0 (0)
 Part-time 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (25)
 Years since HIV diagnosis* 20 (14, 27) 20 (11, 27) 15 (4, 27)
Sexual preference†
 Men 8 (73) 13 (93) 4 (100)
 Women 2 (18) 1 (7) 0 (0)
 Other 1 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Self-reported comorbidities†‡
 Hypertension 4 (36) 4 (29) 2 (50)
 Hyperlipidaemia 4 (29) 2 (14) 0 (0)
 Diabetes 0 (0) 2 (14) 0 (0)
 Depression/anxiety† 7 (64) 9 (64) 3 (75)
 Osteoporosis† 0 (0) 1 (7) 0 (0)

Presented as *median with IQR or †frequency (%).

‡Language used in the survey instrument for self-reported comorbidities was as follows: Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have any of the following medical problems? High blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, depression or anxiety, osteoporosis.