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Table 1 Distribution of movement behaviours by demographic characteristics [Mean (SE)]

From: Device-measured movement behaviours in over 20,000 China Kadoorie Biobank participants

Variablesa

N (%)

Average acceleration (mg/d)

MVPAb (min/d)

LIPA (h/d)

Sedentary (h/d)

Sleep (h/d)

Agec

 40–49

381 (1.9)

36.8 (0.55)

122.0 (0.04)

5.7 (0.10)

8.2 (0.13)

7.6 (0.07)

 50–59

6346 (31.2)

35.9 (0.13)

112.9 (0.01)

6.0 (0.02)

8.1 (0.03)

7.6 (0.02)

 60–69

7225 (35.5)

31.9 (0.13)

84.4 (0.01)

6.0 (0.02)

8.5 (0.03)

7.7 (0.02)

 70–79

5143 (25.2)

26.4 (0.15)

49.5 (0.01)

5.4 (0.03)

9.5 (0.04)

7.9 (0.02)

 80-

1275 (6.3)

19.6 (0.30)

20.1 (0.02)

4.4 (0.05)

10.9 (0.07)

8.1 (0.04)

Sex

 Men

7079 (34.8)

28.8 (0.13)

67.0 (0.01)

5.0 (0.02)

9.6 (0.03)

7.8 (0.02)

 Women

13291 (65.2)

32.3 (0.09)

78.8 (0.01)

6.1 (0.02)

8.3 (0.02)

7.7 (0.01)

Marital Status

 Married

16721 (82.1)

31.3 (0.08)

75.8 (0.01)

5.8 (0.02)

8.7 (0.02)

7.7 (0.01)

 Others

3649 (17.9)

30.2 (0.18)

68.7 (0.01)

5.5 (0.03)

9.1 (0.04)

7.8 (0.02)

Education

 Primary school or below

10371 (50.9)

31.6 (0.12)

75.9 (0.01)

5.9 (0.02)

8.5 (0.03)

7.8 (0.02)

 Middle school

9071 (44.5)

30.7 (0.12)

73.2 (0.01)

5.7 (0.02)

9.0 (0.03)

7.7 (0.02)

 College or above

928 (4.6)

29.6 (0.38)

71.5 (0.03)

5.2 (0.07)

9.5 (0.09)

7.7 (0.05)

Household Income Level (yuan/year)

  < 20,000

3141 (15.4)

30.9 (0.20)

72.3 (0.02)

5.7 (0.04)

8.8 (0.05)

7.8 (0.03)

 20,000–75000

9022 (44.3)

31.1 (0.11)

74.1 (0.01)

5.7 (0.02)

8.8 (0.03)

7.7 (0.01)

  > 75,000

8207 (40.3)

31.1 (0.13)

75.8 (0.01)

5.8 (0.02)

8.8 (0.03)

7.7 (0.02)

Occupation

 Farmers

2542 (12.5)

36.2 (0.24)

108.9 (0.02)

6.3 (0.04)

7.7 (0.06)

7.7 (0.03)

 Factory worker

1520 (7.5)

35.8 (0.29)

94.8 (0.02)

6.4 (0.05)

7.6 (0.07)

7.6 (0.04)

 Office workers

651 (3.2)

28.6 (0.42)

63.8 (0.03)

5.1 (0.08)

9.7 (0.10)

7.6 (0.06)

 Retired

6751 (33.1)

29.2 (0.18)

65.9 (0.01)

5.4 (0.03)

9.3 (0.04)

7.7 (0.02)

 House wife/husband

6198 (30.4)

30.2 (0.16)

72.6 (0.01)

5.7 (0.03)

8.8 (0.04)

7.9 (0.02)

 Service workers/Self-employed

1695 (8.3)

32.8 (0.27)

82.9 (0.02)

6.1 (0.05)

8.3 (0.06)

7.7 (0.04)

 Unemployed & others

1013 (5.0)

27.9 (0.34)

48.6 (0.03)

5.0 (0.06)

9.7 (0.08)

7.8 (0.04)

BMI (kg/m2)c

  < 18.5

623 (3.1)

31.6 (0.42)

71.5 (0.03)

5.6 (0.08)

8.6 (0.10)

7.9 (0.06)

 18.5–23.9

8589 (42.2)

32.3 (0.11)

81.1 (0.01)

5.8 (0.02)

8.4 (0.03)

7.8 (0.02)

 24–27.9

8042 (39.5)

30.8 (0.12)

74.0 (0.01)

5.7 (0.02)

8.8 (0.03)

7.7 (0.02)

  ≥ 28

3106 (15.3)

28.5 (0.19)

60.4 (0.01)

5.4 (0.04)

9.6 (0.05)

7.5 (0.03)

  1. MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, LIPA Light physical activity, mg/d milli-gravity units per day, h/d hours per day
  2. aValues were adjusted for age, sex, and region (where appropriate)
  3. bLevel of MVPA was reported based on logarithmic transformation
  4. cFor all movement behaviours, PLinear trend < 0.001