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Table 1 Participant characteristics in the Women on the Move through Activity and Nutrition (WOMAN) Study (n = 102).

From: Issues in accelerometer methodology: the role of epoch length on estimates of physical activity and relationships with health outcomes in overweight, post-menopausal women

 

WOMAN Study Participants

Demographic Factors

 

Age at 48 month visit, years

61.0 (2.8)

High school graduate, %

98.0

Non-White, %

5.9

Married, %

66.7

Current smoker at 48 month visit, %

1.0

Medication Use at 48 month visit, %

 

   Hormone therapy

16.7

   Lipid lowering therapy

10.8

   Hypertensive therapy

38.2

   Hypoglycemic therapy

1.0

Anthropometric Measures

 

   Body weight, lbs

169.7 (25.7)

   Body Mass Index, kg/m2

29.0 (3.9)

   Waist Circumference, cm

98.1 (11.0)

   Whole body fat mass, kg

30.9 (6.9)

   Trunk fat mass, kg

14.6 (3.9)

   Whole body lean mass, kg

45.6 (5.5)

   Trunk lean mass, kg

22.4 (2.8)

Bone Parameters

 

   Spine, g/cm2

0.99 (0.14)

   Trochanter, g/cm2

0.70 (0.11)

   Intertrochanter, g/cm2

1.09 (0.14)

   Femoral Neck, g/cm2

0.78 (0.10)

   Hip, g/cm2

0.92 (0.12)

Physical Activity

 

   Leisure Physical Activity, MET∙hr∙wk-1

15.7 (9.0, 24.2)

   400 m walk, s

306.7 (39.8)

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

 

   Systolic Blood Pressure, mmHg

122.0 (116.0, 134.0)

   Diastolic Blood Pressure, mmHg

78.0 (8.1)

   Total Cholesterol, mg/dL

215.6 (33.6)

   LDL-c, mg/dL

125.0 (30.7)

   HDL-c, mg/dL

64.6 (53.6, 77.6)

   Triglycerides, mg/dL

107.0 (82.0, 152.0)

   Insulin, mg/dL

12.8 (4.7)

   Glucose, mg/dL

102.1 (10.6)

  1. Continuous data presented as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range); categorical data as proportions (%).