Table 1.
Characteristics of NIH-AARP study participants with and without diabetes according to moderate to vigorous physical activity.
| Characteristic* |
Moderate to vigorous physical activity (hrs/wk) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetics | Non-diabetics | |||||||||
| Never/rarely | Never/rarely to <1 hr/wk | 1 to 3 hrs/wk | 4 to 7 hrs/wk | >7 hrs/wk | Never/rarely | Never/rarely to <1 hr/wk | 1 to 3 hrs/wk | 4 to 7 hrs/wk | >7 hrs/wk | |
| Participants, number | 6,057 | 3,239 | 6,474 | 5,462 | 4,521 | 37,721 | 28,623 | 69,490 | 71,854 | 67,277 |
| Age, years | 63.3 | 63.2 | 63.6 | 63.8 | 64.2 | 62.6 | 62.3 | 62.5 | 62.8 | 63.2 |
| Sex, % | ||||||||||
| Men | 67.0 | 67.7 | 68.4 | 69.1 | 68.4 | 59.2 | 58.7 | 58.6 | 59.1 | 59.1 |
| Women | 33.0 | 32.3 | 31.6 | 30.9 | 31.6 | 40.8 | 41.3 | 41.4 | 40.9 | 40.9 |
| White, % | 87.2 | 87.9 | 88.1 | 89.1 | 89.7 | 91.2 | 91.8 | 93.4 | 93.9 | 93.9 |
| Smoking status, % | ||||||||||
| Never smoker | 29.8 | 29.5 | 30.8 | 31.6 | 32.0 | 33.3 | 35.8 | 36.6 | 36.7 | 36.8 |
| Past smoker | 55.5 | 57.5 | 56.8 | 57.3 | 56.4 | 47.6 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 50.6 | 50.5 |
| Current smoker | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
| Hormone replacement therapy (women only), % | ||||||||||
| Never | 62.4 | 60.5 | 57.9 | 57.2 | 59.2 | 48.5 | 45.8 | 44.3 | 42.1 | 44.5 |
| Past | 9.9 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 |
| Current | 27.7 | 30.5 | 32.3 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 42.3 | 44.8 | 46.4 | 49.0 | 46.6 |
| Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, % | 82.4 | 84.7 | 84.6 | 85.3 | 83.8 | 83.5 | 86.4 | 86.8 | 87.0 | 86.1 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 31.2 | 30.4 | 29.8 | 29.0 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 25.9 |
| College graduate/postgraduate, % | 29.5 | 32.4 | 35.0 | 36.3 | 31.2 | 35.9 | 39.7 | 43.2 | 45.1 | 40.9 |
| Family history of colon cancer, % | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| Red meat intake, g/1000 kcal per day, mean | 42.7 | 42.0 | 41.5 | 40.0 | 38.3 | 36.5 | 36.0 | 34.3 | 32.1 | 31.1 |
| Total fiber intake, d/1000 kcal per day, mean | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
| Alcohol intake, g/d, mean | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 14.5 |
*
All values (except age) are standardized to the age distribution of the study population. Categories may not add up to 100% due to missing values.