Table 1.
Characteristics of participants overall and by quartile of work-related physical activity
| Work-related physical activity quartiles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total N = 602 |
Q1 (lowest) N = 174 0 met-hours per week |
Q2 N = 127 1–14 met-hours per week |
Q3 N = 151 14–51 met-hours per week |
Q4 (highest) N = 150 52–254 met-hours per week |
| M (SD) | |||||
| Age (years) | 43.6 (12.2) | 45.2 (12.0) | 43.9 (12.5) | 43.5 (12.2) | 41.7 (12.2) |
| N (%) | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 124 (20.6) | 29 (16.7) | 17 (13.4) | 37 (24.5) | 41 (27.3) |
| Female | 478 (79.4) | 145 (83.3) | 110 (86.6) | 114 (75.5) | 109 (72.7) |
| Race | |||||
| White | 488 (81.1) | 137 (78.7) | 101 (79.5) | 127 (84.1) | 123 (82.0) |
| Black | 54 (9.0) | 16 (9.2) | 15 (11.8) | 12 (8.0) | 11 (7.3) |
| Asian | 27 (4.5) | 10 (5.8) | 8 (6.3) | 4 (2.7) | 5 (3.3) |
| Other/Not reported | 33 (5.5) | 11 (6.3) | 3 (2.4) | 8 (5.3) | 11 (7.3) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic/Latino/a | 556 (92.4) | 162 (93.1) | 116 (91.3) | 142 (94.0) | 136 (90.7) |
| Hispanic/Latino/a | 34 (5.6) | 9 (5.2) | 8 (6.3) | 7 (4.6) | 10 (6.7) |
| Not reported | 12 (2.0) | 3 (1.7) | 3 (2.4) | 2 (1.3) | 4 (2.7) |
| Job Type | |||||
| Administrative/Service | 84 (14.0) | 34 (19.5) | 19 (15.0) | 12 (8.0) | 19 (12.7) |
| Craft/Technicians | 67 (11.1) | 16 (9.2) | 8 (6.3) | 13 (8.6) | 30 (20.0) |
| Management/ Professionals | 377 (62.6) | 100 (57.5) | 74 (58.3) | 106 (70.2) | 97 (64.7) |
| MDs/PhDs | 74 (12.3) | 24 (13.8) | 26 (20.5) | 20 (13.3) | 4 (2.7) |
| Education Level | |||||
| High School/Some College | 75 (12.5) | 30 (17.2) | 10 (7.9) | 14 (9.3) | 21 (14.0) |
| College Degree | 240 (39.9) | 56 (32.2) | 44 (34.6) | 60 (39.7) | 80 (53.3) |
| Graduate Degree | 284 (47.2) | 88 (50.6) | 73 (57.5) | 76 (50.3) | 47 (31.3) |
| Not reported | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.3) |
| Current Smoker | 17 (2.8) | 3 (1.7) | 2 (1.6) | 6 (4.0) | 6 (4.0) |