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Table 1 Selected baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Associations of quality of life with physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical inactivity in a free living, multiethnic population in Hawaii: a longitudinal study

Characteristics

Total random sample

(N = 700)

QOL cohort

(N = 139)

Age (y), mean (SD)

47.0 (17.1)

55.3 (15.5)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

25.9 (5.6)

24.7 (4.7)

Education (y), mean (SD)

14.6 (2.8)

15.6 (2.9)

Median household income ($)

40-50,000

40-50,000

Gender, n (%)

  

   Male

256 (36.6)

36 (25.9)

   Female

438 (62.6)

103 (74.1)

Ethnicity, n (%)

  

   Caucasian

261 (37.3)

59 (42.4)

   Pacific islanders

155 (22.1)

20 (14.4)

   Asian

218 (31.1)

43 (30.9)

   Other

60 (8.6)

15 (10.8)

In excellent/very good/good/or fair health, n (%)

655 (95.0)

133 (95.7)

Physical activity (MET_hr/wk), mean (SD)

67.5 (66.2)

63.0 (59.2)

   P = 0.46*

  

Fruit and vegetable (servings/d), mean (SD)

7.4 (6.5)

6.7 (4.2)

   P = 0.10*

  

TV/video (hr/d), mean (SD)

2.5 (2.0)

2.3 (1.7)

   P = 0.18*

  
  1. Note. QOL = quality of life; BMI = body mass index; MET = metabolic equivalent.
  2. * T-test was performed to examine the differences between the total random sample and QOL cohort in weekly physical activity levels, daily fruit and vegetable consumption, and daily hours of TV/video watching at baseline.