Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants in German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults
| Men | Women | Total | |||||||
| n | %* | %† | n | %* | %† | n | %* | %† | |
| Low | 494 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 546 | 42.1 | 40.5 | 1040 | 41.7 | 40.9 |
| Intermediate/high | 705 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 750 | 57.9 | 59.5 | 1455 | 58.3 | 59.1 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| LTPA | |||||||||
| No | 297 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 309 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 606 | 24.3 | 24.8 |
| <2 hours | 492 | 41.0 | 39.8 | 647 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 1139 | 45.7 | 44.7 |
| ≥2 hours | 410 | 34.2 | 35.3 | 340 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 750 | 30.1 | 30.5 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| OPA | |||||||||
| Low | 750 | 62.6 | 59.7 | 895 | 69.1 | 67.0 | 1645 | 65.9 | 63.2 |
| High | 449 | 37.4 | 40.3 | 401 | 30.9 | 33.0 | 850 | 34.1 | 36.8 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Age | |||||||||
| 18–24 Years | 137 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 138 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 275 | 11.0 | 11.5 |
| 25–34 Years | 277 | 23.1 | 26.4 | 250 | 19.3 | 22.5 | 527 | 21.1 | 24.5 |
| 35–44 Years | 287 | 23.9 | 26.8 | 338 | 26.1 | 27.7 | 625 | 25.1 | 27.2 |
| 45–54 Years | 308 | 25.7 | 23.2 | 369 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 677 | 27.1 | 24.5 |
| 55–64 Years | 190 | 15.8 | 12.3 | 201 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 391 | 15.7 | 12.3 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Waist circumference | |||||||||
| Normal | 719 | 60.0 | 61.7 | 702 | 54.2 | 57.0 | 1421 | 57.0 | 59.4 |
| Increased | 256 | 21.4 | 20.1 | 289 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 545 | 21.8 | 21.3 |
| Strongly increased | 224 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 303 | 23.4 | 20.5 | 527 | 21.1 | 19.3 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | – | 2 | 0.2 | – | 2 | 0.1 | – |
| Body mass index | |||||||||
| Underweight | 9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 32 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 41 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Normal weight | 467 | 38.9 | 37.7 | 748 | 57.7 | 58.1 | 1215 | 48.7 | 47.5 |
| Overweight | 548 | 45.7 | 46.1 | 348 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 896 | 35.9 | 37.0 |
| Obese | 171 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 164 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 335 | 13.4 | 13.7 |
| Missing | 4 | 0.3 | – | 4 | 0.3 | – | 8 | 0.3 | – |
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| Daily | 349 | 29.1 | 31.3 | 268 | 20.7 | 23.2 | 617 | 24.7 | 27.4 |
| Occasionally | 106 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 96 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 202 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
| Former | 323 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 354 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 677 | 27.1 | 26.3 |
| Never | 420 | 35.0 | 33.7 | 576 | 44.4 | 43.4 | 996 | 39.9 | 38.3 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.1 | – | 2 | 0.2 | – | 3 | 0.1 | – |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||||||
| Low | 180 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 151 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 331 | 13.3 | 14.6 |
| Moderate | 760 | 63.4 | 64.3 | 821 | 63.3 | 64.8 | 1581 | 63.4 | 64.6 |
| High | 245 | 20.4 | 19.0 | 314 | 24.2 | 22.9 | 559 | 22.4 | 20.9 |
| Missing | 14 | 1.2 | – | 10 | 0.8 | – | 24 | 1.0 | – |
| Socioeconomic status | |||||||||
| Low | 151 | 12.6 | 14.7 | 113 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 264 | 10.6 | 12.3 |
| Medium | 702 | 58.5 | 61.4 | 800 | 61.7 | 63.5 | 1502 | 60.2 | 62.4 |
| High | 346 | 28.9 | 23.9 | 382 | 29.5 | 26.8 | 728 | 29.2 | 25.3 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0.1 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – |
Values shown are frequencies in percentages.
*Percentage of the sample (unweighted).
†Weighted percentage (weighting factors were used to adjust the distribution of the sample to match the German population for sex, age, education and region).
LTPA, leisure time physical activity; OPA, occupational physical activity; , maximal oxygen consumption.