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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2019 Feb 13;119:203–211. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2019.02.003

Table 1.

Study sample characteristics.

Overall
(n = 1352)
Age 50–64
(n = 406)
Age 65–74
(n = 662)
Age ≥ 75
(n = 284)
Age, years 68.6 ± 7.5 60.0 ± 3.4 69.2 ± 2.8 79.2 ± 3.7
Women, % 54 55 54 52
Body mass index, kg/m2 27.6 ± 4.6 27.7 ± 5.1 27.6 ± 4.5 27.1 ± 4.1
Current smoking, % 5 7 5 2
Hypertension, % 56 42 58 71
Diabetes, % 11 7 12 14
Cardiovascular disease, % 12 6 12 19
Cancer, % 13 7 12 24
Physical activity variables
Wear time, min/day
 during 6 am-10 pm, a 16 h day
749 ± 71 761 ± 69 747 ± 72 737 ± 71
Sedentary time, % wear time
 (standardized to a 16 h day, h)
84.3 ± 6.3
(13.5 ± 1.0)
82.1 ± 6.2
(13.1 ± 1.0)
84.1 ± 6.0
(13.5 ± 1.0)
87.8 ± 5.4
(14.0 ± 0.9)
Light intensity PA, % wear time
 (standardized to a 16 h day, h)
13.3 ± 5
(2.1 ± 0.8)
14.7 ± 4.9
(2.4 ± 0.8)
13.6 ± 5.0
(2.2 ± 0.8)
10.8 ± 4.5
(1.7 ± 0.7)
Steps/day 6927 ± 3678 7952 ± 3636 6877 ± 3625 5577 ± 3410
MVPA time, min/day
 Mean ± SD and (min, max)
19 ± 22
(0, 254)
25 ± 25
(0, 254)
18 ± 20
(0, 173)
12 ± 17
(0, 96)
Achieved MVPA guidelines (≥150 min/week), % 27 38 25 15
% with < 5 min MVPA per day 27 10 27 50
Physical performance variables
Gait speed, m/s
 Mean ± SD and (min, max)
1.17 ± 0.19 (0.47, 1.84) 1.23 ± 0.18
(0.47, 1.84)
1.18 ± 0.18
(0.67, 1.75)
1.08 ± 0.17
(0.71, 1.59)
Chair stands time, s
 Mean ± SD and (min, max)
9.9 ± 2.6
(4.4, 29.8)
9.3 ± 2.5
(4.6, 29.8)
9.8 ± 2.4
(4.4, 19.5)
11.2 ± 3.0
(5.1, 25.3)
Hand grip strength for men, kg
 Mean ± SD and (min, max)
39.1 ± 8.7
(16, 68)
42.9 ± 9.2
(19, 68)
39.2 ± 7.8
(16, 59)
33.8 ± 6.8
(16, 54)
Hand grip strength for women, kg
 Mean ± SD and (min, max)
23.3 ± 5.7
(6, 44)
26.1 ± 5.3
(12, 39)
22.9 ± 5.2
(6, 44)
20.0 ± 5.1
(10, 34)

Abbreviations: physical activity (PA); moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA); kilograms (kg); meters (m); seconds (s); minutes (min).