Table 1.
Characteristics of questionnaire respondents, overall and stratified by meeting vs. not meeting aerobic PA guideline.
| Total sample |
Meeting PA guideline | p- value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Mean (SD) or % |
Mean (SD) or % |
Mean (SD) or % |
||
| N | 507 | 370 | 137 | |
| Age in years | 54.6 (12.9) | 54.0 (12.9) | 56.2 (12.9) | .10 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 29.2 (7.0) | 28.5 (6.5) | 31.2 (8.0) | .0002 |
| Race (white alone) | 483 (95.3%) | 350 (94.6%) | 133 (97.0%) | .781 |
| College degree | 193 (38.1%) | 156 (42.2%) | 37 (27.0%) | .002 |
| Married or cohabitating w/ partner | 400 (78.9%) | 287 (77.6%) | 113 (82.5%) | .68 |
| Work status | .19 | |||
| Full-time | 236 | 173 (46.8%) | 63 (46.0%) | |
| Part-time | 94 | 75 (20.3%) | 19 (13.8%) | |
| Not employed outside home | 173 | 120 (32.4%) | 53 (38.7%) | |
| Self-rated occupational activity | .01 | |||
| High | 65 (12.8%) | 54 (14.6%) | 11 (8.0%) | |
| Moderate | 121 (23.8%) | 96 (26.0%) | 25 (18.3%) | |
| Low | 125 (24.6%) | 81 (21.9%) | 44 (32.1%) | |
| N/A (not employed outside home) | 196 (38.7%) | 129 (37.6%) | 57 (41.6%) | |
| MVPA (MET-hrs/week) | 72.1 (105.9) | 85.1 (111.2) | 5.5 (2.9) | <.0001 |
| Sitting time (hrs/week) | 5.8 (5.1) | 5.7 (5.7) | 6.2 (3.1) | .26 |
| Health status (EuroQOL EQ-5D_3L) a | 6.3 (1.5) | 6.1 (1.4) | 6.8 (1.8) | <.0001 |
| Self-rated health (EuroQOL EQ-VAS) | 72.3 (16.6) | 74.3 (16.1) | 66.9 (16.8) | <.0001 |
| Internet access | .47 | |||
| Broadband | 294 (58.0%) | 222 (60.0%) | 72 (52.5%) | |
| Cell company data plan | 159 (32.8%) | 117 (32.8%) | 42 (32.6%) | |
| Dial-up | 6 (1.2%) | 4 (1.1%) | 2 (1.5%) | |
| Unsure of type | 72 (14.8%) | 51 (14.3%) | 21 (16.3%) | |
| None | 30 (6.2%) | 18 (5.1%) | 12 (9.3%) | |
| Cell phone | .048 | |||
| Smartphone | 402 (79.3%) | 297 (80.3%) | 105 (76.6%) | |
| Traditional cell (e.g., flip phone) | 78 (15.4%) | 50 (13.5%) | 28 (20.4%) | |
| None | 14 (2.8%) | 13 (3.5%) | 1 (0.7%) | |
| Use of devices to track activity/weight | ||||
| Accelerometer-based tracker | 173 (34.1%) | 136 (36.8%) | 37 (27.0%) | .03 |
| Basic step-counting pedometer | 270 (53.3%) | 199 (53.8%) | 71 (51.8%) | .70 |
a
Index measure of 5 domains; scores range from 5-15. Higher scores reflect worse QOL.
Note: Proportion of missing values ranges from 1.8 – 15.8%