Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants divided by quartiles of total daily steps
Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | Total | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total daily steps | < 9472 | 9472—12,496 | 12,497 – 16,473 | > 16,473 | < 0.001 | |
Participants, n | 234 | 235 | 234 | 234 | 937 | |
Steps work, M (SD) | 4124 (1601) | 6853 (1,819) | 9014 (2,365) | 13,499 (3,414) | 8371 (4,186) | < 0.001 |
Steps leisure, M (SD) | 3380 (1,366) | 4177 (1,787) | 5331 (2,186) | 6681 (3,201) | 4892 (2,560) | < 0.001 |
LTSA Event, n (%) | 44 (18.8) | 45 (19.1) | 49 (20.9) | 54 (23.1) | 192 (20.5) | 0.646 |
Male, n (%) | 126 (53.8) | 139 (59.1) | 133 (56.8) | 118 (50.4) | 516 (55.1) | 0.256 |
Age in years, M (SD) | 45 (9.5) | 44.7 (10.1) | 44.9 (9.4) | 44.6 (9.8) | 44.9 (9.7) | 0.841 |
Blue-collar worker, n (%) | 138 (59.0) | 204 (86.8) | 216 (92.3) | 225 (96.3) | 783 (83.6) | < 0.001 |
Smokera, (%) | 58 (25.0) | 81 (34.9) | 71 (30.7) | 67 (28.8) | 277 (29.8) | 0.129 |
Occ. lift/carryingb, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
Almost all the time | 17 (7.3) | 23 (9.8) | 28 (12.0) | 29 (12.4) | 97 (10.4) | |
Approx. ¾ of the time | 7 (3.0) | 18 (7.7) | 29 (12.4) | 32 (13.7) | 86 (9.2) | |
Approx. ½ of the time | 29 (12.4) | 38 (16.2) | 33 (14.2) | 45 (19.2) | 145 (15.5) | |
Approx. ¼ of the time | 38 (16.3) | 57 (24.3) | 60 (25.8) | 62 (26.5) | 217 (23.2) | |
Rarely/very little | 80 (34.3) | 78 (33.2) | 74 (31.8) | 51 (21.8) | 283 (30.3) | |
Never | 62 (26.6) | 21 (8.9) | 9 (3.9) | 15 (6.4) | 107 (11.4) | |
Censored, n (%) | 12 (5.1) | 15 (6.4) | 10 (4.3) | 10 (4.3) | 47 (5.0) | 0.689 |
Pre-event, n (%) | 9 (3.8) | 13 (5.5) | 13 (5.6) | 17 (7.3) | 52 (5.5) | 0.456 |
Measured work days, M (SD) | 3.0 (1.0) | 2.7 (1.0) | 2.9 (1.0) | 2.9 (1.0) | 2.9 (1.02) | 0.032 |
Measured leisure days, M (SD) | 2.6 (1.3) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.5 (1.4) | 2.6 (1.3) | 2.6 (1.3) | 0.297 |