Table 1.
Comparison of general characteristics between physical activity groups at baseline (N = 10,588).
| Group Ia (n = 4032) | Group IIb (n = 2697) | Group IIIc (n = 1919) | Group IVd (n = 1940) | |||
| Characteristics | M (SD) or n (%)∗ | F or χ2 | P (Scheffè) | |||
| Age | 64.58 (4.26) | 64.05 (3.97) | 64.13 (3.98) | 63.67 (3.65) | 24.43 | <.001 (d < b, c < a) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 1657 (41.1) | 1219 (45.2) | 1162 (60.6) | 1251 (64.5) | 401.00 | <.001 |
| Women | 2375 (58.9) | 1478 (54.8) | 757 (39.4) | 689 (35.5) | ||
| Economic status | ||||||
| Low | 1078 (26.7) | 701 (26.0) | 492 (25.6) | 451 (23.2) | 116.66 | <.001 |
| Lower middle | 1114 (27.6) | 742 (27.5) | 415 (21.6) | 430 (22.2) | ||
| Upper middle | 878 (21.8) | 563 (20.9) | 400 (20.8) | 378 (19.5) | ||
| High | 962 (23.9) | 691 (25.6) | 612 (31.9) | 681 (35.1) | ||
| Smoking | ||||||
| Yes | 835 (21.3) | 513 (19.6) | 506 (27.5) | 495 (26.4) | 57.32 | <.001 |
| No | 3090 (78.7) | 2108 (80.4) | 1336 (72.5) | 1378 (73.6) | ||
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||
| Yes | 1185 (29.7) | 820 (30.7) | 791 (41.9) | 866 (45.3) | 199.16 | <.001 |
| No | 2803 (70.3) | 1849 (69.3) | 1099 (58.1) | 1044 (54.7) | ||
| Number of comorbidities | 0.22 (0.45) | 0.20 (0.43) | 0.23 (0.47) | 0.24 (0.48) | 3.99 | .008 (b < c, d) |
| Family history | ||||||
| Hypertension | ||||||
| Yes | 264 (7.5) | 214 (9.2) | 201 (12.1) | 202 (12.2) | 42.87 | <.001 |
| No | 3248 (92.5) | 2122 (90.8) | 1455 (87.9) | 1459 (87.8) | ||
| Diabetes | ||||||
| Yes | 102 (2.9) | 90 (3.9) | 88 (5.3) | 97 (5.9) | 32.37 | <.001 |
| No | 3390 (97.1) | 2235 (96.1) | 1563 (94.7) | 1544 (94.1) | ||
| Heart disease | ||||||
| Yes | 52 (1.5) | 50 (2.2) | 56 (3.4) | 39 (2.4) | 19.65 | <.001 |
| No | 3433 (98.5) | 2270 (97.8) | 1591 (96.6) | 1601 (97.6) | ||
| Cerebral disease | ||||||
| Yes | 130 (3.7) | 97 (4.2) | 105 (6.4) | 124 (7.5) | 43.95 | <.001 |
| No | 3362 (96.3) | 2231 (95.8) | 1545 (93.6) | 1524 (92.5) | ||
Group I: Maintaining No Physical Activity Group; Group II: Changing from No Physical Activity to Physical Activity Group; Group III: Changing From Physical Activity to No Physical Activity Group; Group IV: Maintaining Physical Activity Group.
∗
Excluded no response.