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Table 2 Baseline and 3-year changes in leisure-time physical activities (LTPAs) and time spent watching TV according to working status in 2001

From: Changes in leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behaviour at retirement: a prospective study in middle-aged French subjects

 

Men

Women

 

Working

(n = 558)

Retired

(n = 140)

P

Working

(n = 583)

Retired

(n = 108)

P

Baseline1

      

LTPA

      

   Duration (h/week)

3.7 ± 3.9

3.9 ± 3.7

0.4

3.4 ± 3.6

3.9 ± 4.1

0.4

   Score (MET-h/week)

19.0 ± 20.2

19.1 ± 19.8

0.8

15.4 ± 17.0

17.4 ± 18.8

0.6

Occupational PA

      

   Duration (h/week)

19.1 ± 12.0

18.5 ± 13.0

0.4

18.4 ± 13.2

15.9 ± 12.8

0.05

   Score (MET-h/week)

59.9 ± 64.2

59.2 ± 72.8

0.4

50.5 ± 50.9

43.6 ± 49.9

0.04

Time spent watching TV

      

   Duration (min/day)

98.7 ± 58.1

110.0 ± 56.8

0.02

99.2 ± 57.8

109.2 ± 59.3

0.1

Changes2 between 1998 and 2001

      

Δ LTPA

      

   Duration (h/week)

-0.1 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.4

< 0.0001

-0.4 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.4

< 0.0001

   Score (MET-h/week)

-0.5 ± 0.9

8.1 ± 1.9

0.0001

-1.9 ± 0.6

6.8 ± 1.6

< 0.0001

Δ LTPA by intensity (h/week)

      

   Low intensity (<3 METs)

-0.0 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.0

0.06

-0.0 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.1

0.005

   Moderate intensity

0.0 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.4

< 0.0001

-0.3 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.3

< 0.0001

   Vigorous intensity (>6 METs)

-0.1 ± 0.1

0.0 ± 0.2

0.4

-0.1 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.1

0.1

Δ Leisure-time walking duration (h/week)

-0.1 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

< 0.0001

-0.2 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.2

< 0.0001

Δ Time spent watching TV (min/day)

15.0 ± 2.3

40.5 ± 5.0

< 0.0001

19.9 ± 2.5

33.5 ± 6.3

0.05

Δ BMI (kg/m2)

0.4 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.1

1.0

0.6 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.2

0.9

Δ Waist circumference (cm)

1.1 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.6

0.4

1.9 ± 0.3

3.3 ± 0.8

0.1

  1. 1 Mean ± standard deviation, P-value from Wilcoxon rank test.
  2. 2 Mean ± standard error, P-value from ANOVA models, adjusted for age, education level and baseline value of the corresponding variable (i.e. baseline: LTPA duration, LTPA score, LTPA low, moderate or vigorous intensity, leisure walking duration, time spent watching TV, BMI, or waist circumference, respectively).