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. 2020 Jul 23;17:94. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00996-7

Table 1.

The characteristics of the study participants

Inactive profile (n = 1881) Active profile (n = 2701) Total population (n = 4582)
Height, cm (SD) 168.4 (8.9) 172 (9.0) 170.5 (9.1)
Weight, kg (SD) 77.3 (17.1) 78.6 (16.2) 78.1 (16.6)
Body mass index, kg/m2 (SD) 27.2 (5.2) 26.4 (4.5) 26.7 (4.8)
Body fat, % (SD) 31.2 (9.3) 27.7 (8.9) 28.9 (9.2)
Alcohol consumption, grams/day (SD) 9.8 (4.1) 10.4 (16.8) 10.1 (4.3)
Gender
 Men 648 (34) 1268 (44) 1916 (42)
 Women 1233 (66) 1433 (45) 2666 (58)
Education
 No professional education 53 (3) 85 (3) 138 (3)
 Vocational/college level education 1119 (60) 1765 (65) 2884 (67)
 Polytechnic/university degree 573 (30) 670 (25) 1243 (29)
Employment status
 Employed 1499 (78) 2265 (84) 3764 (88)
 Student 38 (2) 32 (1) 70 (2)
 Unemployed 117 (6) 101 (4) 218 (5)
 Other 95 (5) 88 (3) 183 (4)
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 1421 (75) 2072 (77) 3493 (86)
 Divorced 182 (10) 229 (8) 411 (10)
 Unmarried 192 (11) 272 (10) 464 (11)
 Widowed 11 (0.5) 6 (0.2) 17 (0.4)
Smoking
 Non-smoker 990 (55) 1413 (55) 2403 (55)
 Current smoker 335 (19) 447 (18) 782 (18)
 Former smoker 458 (26) 702 (27) 1160 (27)
SED, min/day (SD) 675.1 (78.9) 608.2 (91.7) 635.6 (92.7)
LPA, min/day (SD) 242.4 (59.3) 309.8 (71) 282.1 (74.3)
MVPA, min/day (SD) 48.3 (20.6) 83.8 (36.6) 69.2 (33.6)

Values are numbers (%) if not otherwise stated. SD Standard deviation, SED Sedentary, LPA Light physical activity, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity