Table 1. Characteristics of study participants and time spent in sedentary behavior and physical activity by gender.
| Men (n = 278) |
Women (n = 356) |
P-value | |
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| n (%)/mean (SD or 95% CI) | n (%)/mean (SD or 95% CI) | ||
| Age, years | 56.7 (17.2) | 58.9 (16.7) | 0.105b |
| Working status, working | 203 (73.6%) | 197 (55.5%) | 0.001 a |
| Living arrangement, with others | 221 (79.5%) | 281 (78.9%) | 0.862a |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.1 (3.5) | 23.7 (3.9) | 0.005 b |
| Perceived health, good | 211 (80.2%) | 276 (80.0%) | 0.944a |
| WHO physical activity guidelines,c meeting | 30 (10.8%) | 35 (9.9%) | 0.701a |
| Total volume of physical activity, METs-hour/day | 14.0 (13.5, 14.5) | 16.1 (16.5, 17.0) | <0.001 d |
| Step count, steps/day | 4,899 (4,646, 5,151) | 4,580 (4,357, 4,803) | 0.065d |
| Accelerometer wear time, min/day | 862.2 (94.6) | 882.1 (88.3) | 0.007 b |
| Standard analysis, arithmetic mean | |||
| SB, min/day | 494.0 (118.5) | 441.5 (105.9) | <0.001 b |
| LPA, min/day | 322.91 (88.9) | 391.6 (90.9) | <0.001 b |
| MVPA, min/day | 45.2 (29.4) | 48.6 (31.4) | 0.155b |
CI, confidence interval; LPA, light-intensity physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; SB, sedentary behavior; SD, standard deviation.
Missing value: working status n = 3, perceived health n = 26.
achi-squared test.
bt-test.
c150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in bouts of at least 10 minutes.
dAnalysis of covariance (adjusted by age and wear time).