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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the 1,270 respondents.

From: Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong chinese population

  

n

Age

mean (S.D.)

Male

n (row %)

Full-time worker

n (row %)

Tertiary Education

n (row %)

Weight (kg)

mean (S.D.)

Height (cm)

mean (S.D.)

BMI

mean (S.D.)

VFL

mean (S.D.)

Total

 

1270

42.9 (14.4)

585 (46.1%)

745 (58.7%)

299 (24.3%)

61.6 (12.4)

161.8 (8.7)

23.5 (3.9)

7.5 (4.6)

Sex

 

Male

585

43.5 (15.3)

N/A

376 (64.3%)

153 (26.9%)

64.9 (12.5)

165.5 (7.9)

23.6 (3.8)

8.7 (4.9)

 

Female

685

42.4 (13.5)

N/A

369 (53.9%)

146 (22.0%)

58.8 (11.7)

158.5 (8.1)

23.4 (4.0)

6.5 (4.2)

Age, years

 

≤29

232

21.7 (4.3)

110 (47.4%)

98 (42.2%)

85 (38.0%)

58.9 (13.9)

164.2 (9.4)

21.7 (4.0)

4.4 (3.5)

 

30-49

629

40.3 (5.6)

273 (43.4%)

472 (75.0%)

172 (28.0%)

62.9 (12.6)

162.3 (8.8)

23.8 (3.9)

7.3 (4.4)

 

≥ 50

409

59.0 (7.7)

202 (49.4%)

175 (57.2%)

42 (10.7%)

61.2 (11.0)

159.5 (7.8)

24.0 (3.6)

9.2 (4.7)

Full-time worker

 

Yes - high PD

105

44.5 (9.9)

61 (58.1%)

N/A

7 (6.9%)

65.3 (12.5)

163.7 (8.4)

24.3 (3.7)

8.7 (5.0)

 

Yes - low PD

630

41.1 (10.3)

310 (49.2%)

N/A

211 (34.5%)

62.5 (12.4)

163.1 (8.7)

23.4 (3.7)

7.3 (4.5)

 

Not full-time

525

54.1 (8.8)

303 (46.0%)

350 (53.1%)

87 (13.6%)

62.4 (11.5)

160.2 (8.3)

24.2 (3.7)

8.9 (4.7)

Tertiary education

 

Yes

299

37.2 (12.0)

153 (51.2%)

224 (74.9%)

N/A

62.2 (12.8)

163.8 (9.0)

23.1 (3.7)

6.8 (4.7)

 

No

933

44.7 (14.5)

416 (44.6%)

499 (53.5%)

N/A

61.4 (12.1)

160.9 (8.7)

23.7 (3.9)

7.7 (4.6)

BMI

 

Overweight

(≥ 25)

399

46.1 (12.4)

201 (50.4%)

317 (60.7%)

84 (21.8%)

73.9 (10.7)

162.4 (9.1)

28.0 (2.7)

12.3 (3.9)

 

Normal(< 25)

868

41.2 (15.0)

382 (44.0%)

501 (57.7%)

214 (25.4%)

55.9 (8.4)

161.5 (8.5)

21.4 (2.3)

5.2 (2.9)

VFL, %

 

Overweight

(≥ 10)

347

49.9 (12.1)

219 (63.1%)

211 (60.8%)

75 (22.4%)

74.0 (10.5)

164.0 (8.8)

27.5 (3.1)

13.4 (3.2)

 

Normal(< 10)

830

41.4 (12.9)

316 (38.1%)

515 (62.1%)

214 (26.6%)

56.7 (9.1)

160.6 (8.5)

22.0 (2.8)

5.0 (2.4)

  1. PD: physical demand, BMI: body mass index, VFL: visceral fat level