Table 1.
Participant characteristics at baseline Wave 3 for the current GENEActiv sample and remainder of the whole TILDA sample.
| Variable | Mean (SD) / % (n) |
N |
Mean (SD) / % (n) |
N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENEActiv sample | Remaining sample | |||
| Age (years (SD)) | 67.3 (9.0) | 1276 | 66.5 (9.8) | 5411 |
| (years, range) | 50 – 92 | 34 – 98 | ||
| Sex (% female (n)) | 53% (680) | 1276 | 57% (3066) | 5411 |
| BMI (kg/m2 (SD)) | 28.7 (5.3) | 1271 | 28.6 (5.2) | 4077 |
| SBP/DBP (mmHg (SD)) | 136 (19) / 81 (11) | 1272 | 134 (20) / 81 (11) | 4104 |
| Smoker (% (n)) | 1276 | 5405 | ||
| Never | 45% (571) | 46% (2465) | ||
| Past | 44% (567) | 41% (2222) | ||
| Current | 11% (138) | 13% (718) | ||
| Employment status (% (n)) | 1273 | 5403 | ||
| Employed | 27% (347) | 34% (1833) | ||
| Retired | 53% (676) | 44% (2361) | ||
| Other | 20% (250) | 22% (1209) | ||
| Self-reported morbidities (% (n)) | 1276 | 5411 | ||
| Hypertension | 38% (487) | 36% (1952) | ||
| Abnormal heart rhythm | 9% (117) | 9% (473) | ||
| Hyper cholesterolemia | 36% (459) | 36% (1944) | ||
| Diabetes | 8% (105) | 9% (487) | ||
| Self-reported TV time (hours/day (SD)) | 2.9 (2.0) | 1276 | 2.8 (1.8) | 5385 |
| Objective activity pattern | 1276 | N.A. | ||
| Sedentary time (hours/day (SD)) | 8.2 (1.8) | |||
| MVPA time (hours/day (SD)) | 1.5 (0.9) | |||
| Sleep time (hours/day (SD)) | 7.7 (1.2) | |||
| Cognitive measures | ||||
| Immediate recall (count/20 (SD)) | 13.9 (3.0) | 1276 | 13.6 (3.4) | 5280 |
| Delayed recall (count/10 (SD)) | 6.1 (2.4) | 1276 | 6.0 (2.6) | 5276 |
| MMSE (score/30 (SD)) | 28.7 (1.7) | 1275 | 28.4 (2.2) | 5285 |
| Animal naming test (count (SD)) | 19.2 (5.7) | 1276 | 18.9 (6.0) | 5284 |
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, MMSE = mini-mental state examination.