Table 1.
| Descriptive characteristics by physical activity category measured at baseline 1993–1997
| Total | Inactive (n = 7559 30.2%) |
Moderately inactive (n = 7187 28.7%) |
Moderately active (n = 5688 22.7%) |
Active (n = 4580 18.3%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | |||||
| Mean ± SD | 26.4 ± 3.9 | 27.0 ± 4.2 | 26.3 ± 3.9 | 26.0 ± 3.7 | 25.9 ± 3.5 |
| Age, years | |||||
| Mean ± SD | 59.0 ± 9.3 | 62.5 ± 9.1 | 58.8 ± 9.2 | 57.1 ± 8.7 | 56.1 ± 8.4 |
| Cigarette smoking (n (%)) | |||||
| Current | 2904 (11.7) | 984 (13.2) | 770 (10.8) | 662 (11.7) | 488 (10.7) |
| Former | 10,423 (42.0) | 3326 (44.6) | 2818 (39.5) | 2312 (40.9) | 1967 (43.2) |
| Never | 11,469 (46.3) | 3151 (42.2) | 3540 (49.7) | 2678 (47.4) | 2100 (46.1) |
| Social class dichotomised (n (%)) | |||||
| Non-manual | 14,717 (60.1) | 4394 (60.2) | 4791 (67.8) | 3261 (58.3) | 2271 (50.4) |
| Manual | 9752 (39.9) | 2900 (39.8) | 2278 (32.2) | 2337 (41.7) | 2237 (49.6) |
| Level of education (n (%)) | |||||
| Higher level | 15,866 (63.5) | 4252 (56.4) | 4757 (66.2) | 3823 (67.2) | 3034 (66.2) |
| Lower level | 9130 (36.5) | 3289 (43.6) | 2430 (33.8) | 1865 (32.8) | 1546 (33.8) |
| Prevalent disease (n (%)) | |||||
| No reported chronic disease | 22,721 (91.0) | 6606 (87.7) | 6573 (91.5) | 5246 (92.3) | 4296 (93.9) |
| Self-report chronic disease | 2254 (9.0) | 927 (12.3) | 608 (8.5) | 439 (7.7) | 280 (6.1) |
| Hospital activity 1999–2019 | |||||
| No admissions | 2483 (9.9) | 625 (8.3) | 726 (10.1) | 613 (10.8) | 519 (11.3) |
| One or more admissions | 22,497 (90.1) | 6915 (91.7) | 6453 (89.9) | 5072 (89.2) | 4057 (88.7) |
| Time in hospital 1999–2019 | |||||
| Mean ± SD | 34.0 ± 63.7 | 42.4 ± 68.2 | 32.9 ± 64.1 | 29.9 ± 66.4 | 26.8 ± 48.8 |
| Median (IQR) | 14.0 (3.0–41.0) | 21.0 (6.0–56.0) | 13.0 (3.0–39.0) | 11.0 (3.0–33.0) | 10.0 (2.8–30.0) |
| Number of admissions 1999–2019 | |||||
| Mean ± SD | 7.8 ± 26.5 | 8.4 ± 29.0 | 7.6 ± 24.5 | 7.8 ± 32.2 | 6.9 ± 14.8 |
| Median (IQR) | 4.0 (2.0–9.0) | 5.0 (2.0–9.0) | 4.0 (2.0–8.0) | 4.0 (2.0–8.0) | 4.0 (2.0–8.0) |
| Survival to the end of follow-up (n (%)) | |||||
| Alive after March 2019 | 15,919 (63.6) | 3732 (49.4) | 4746 (66.0) | 4047 (71.1) | 3394 (74.1) |
| Died prior to March 2019 | 9095 (36.4) | 3827 (50.6) | 2441 (34.0) | 1641 (28.9) | 1186 (25.9) |