Table 1. Characteristics according to moderate to vigorous physical activity levels at baseline.
| Characteristics | All | Inactive (< 2.5 h/wk) | Meeting guideline recommended MVPA |
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| Low-active (2.5–37.4 h/wk) | Moderately-active (37.5–74.9 h/wk) | Highly-active (≥ 75 h/wk) | |||
| Number of participants | 100,560 | 32,887 | 15,224 | 22,737 | 29,712 |
| Age, yrs | 51.5 ± 12.2 | 52.8 ± 13.7 | 51.2 ± 12.2 | 50.3 ± 11.7 | 51.3 ± 10.7 |
| Male | 40,367 (40.1%) | 11,853 (36.0%) | 5930 (39.0%) | 9435 (41.5%) | 13,149 (44.3%) |
| Urban | 9546 (9.5%) | 6191 (18.8%) | 2446 (16.1%) | 735 (3.2%) | 174 (0.6%) |
| Education level ≥ high school | 14,080 (14.1%) | 6491 (19.7%) | 3312 (21.8%) | 2317 (10.2%) | 1960 (6.6%) |
| Current smoker | 22,104 (22.1%) | 6206 (18.9%) | 3238 (21.3%) | 5452 (24.0%) | 7208 (24.3%) |
| Alcohol drinker | 18,597 (18.5%) | 5013 (15.2%) | 2661 (17.5%) | 4464 (19.6%) | 6459 (21.7%) |
| Family history of CVD | 10,010 (10.0%) | 2988 (9.1%) | 2270 (14.9%) | 2127 (9.4%) | 2625 (8.8%) |
| VPA#, h/wk | 0.0 (0.0–35.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–7.0) | 14.0 (0.0–22.7) | 50.0 (42.0–56.0) |
| MPA#, h/wk | 0.0 (0.0–21.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 14.0 (4.9–21.0) | 35.0 (0.0–56.0) | 0.0 (0.0–21.0) |
| LPA#, h/wk | 21.0 (7.0–42.0) | 46.0 (25.5–63.0) | 30.0 (21.0–47.0) | 14.0 (7.0–28.0) | 10.5 (0.0–14.0) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 23.8 ± 3.6 | 23.8 ± 3.7 | 24.0 ± 3.7 | 23.7 ± 3.6 | 23.6 ± 3.5 |
| Hypertension | 33,594 (33.4%) | 12,801 (38.9%) | 5093 (33.5%) | 6894 (30.3%) | 8806 (29.6%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 5571 (5.9%) | 2299 (7.0%) | 1011 (6.6%) | 1060 (4.7%) | 1201 (4.0%) |
| Dyslipidemia | 30,078 (31.4%) | 10,588 (32.2%) | 5170 (34.0%) | 6651 (29.3%) | 7669 (25.8%) |
Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%). #Presented as median (25th–75th). h/wk refers to hours per week. CVD: cardiovascular disease; LPA: light physical activity; MPA: moderate physical activity; MVPA: moderate to vigorous physical activity; VPA: vigorous physical activity.