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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects

From: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity as a mediator between sedentary behavior and cardiometabolic risk in Spanish healthy adults: a mediation analysis

 

Total (n = 1122)

Men (n = 427)

Women (n = 695)

p

Age (years)

55.0 (0.4)

57.6 (0.5)

53.4 (0.4)

<0.001

Smoking status. n (%)

    

     Yes

224 (20.0)

79 (18.6)

144 (21.4)

<0.001

     No or past

898 (80.0)

352 (81.4)

546 (78.6)

Alcohol status. n (%)

    

     Yes

710 (63.2)

314 (73.5)

396 (57.0)

<0.001

     No or past

412 (36.8)

113 (26.5)

299 (43.0)

Weight (kg)

72.4 (0.4)

81.0 (0.5)

67.0 (0.4)

<0.001

Height (cm)

163.3 (0.2)

170.8 (0.3)

158.6 (0.2)

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.8 (24.1-29.8)

27.4 (25.6-30.1)

26.0 (22.9-29.5)

0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

92.0 (85.0-100.0)

97.0 (92.0-104.0)

88.0 (81.0-96.0)

<0.001

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

95.0 (71.0-131.0)

107.0 (80.5-152.2)

87.0 (66.0-121.0)

<0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

58.0 (48.0-68.0)

50.0 (43.0-59.0)

62.0 (53.0-72.0)

<0.001

TG/HDL-C (mg/dL)

1.6 (1.1-2.5)

2.0 (1.4-3.4)

1.4 (1.0-2.2)

<0.001

HOMA-IR

1.4 (0.8-2.2)

1.7 (0.9-2.5)

1.3 (0.8-2.1)

0.005

Lipid-lowering drugs, n (%)

187 (16.7)

98 (23.0)

89 (12.8)

<0.001

Office systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

125 (0.6)

130 (0.7)

121 (0.5)

<0.001

Office diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77 (0.3)

78 (0.4)

75.8 (0.3)

<0.001

Mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg)

91 (0.4)

96 (0.4)

88 (0.4)

<0.001

Antihypertensive drugs, n (%)

322 (28.7)

261 (61.1)

156 (22.4)

<0.001

Time accelerometer worn, min/day

931.2 (9.5)

941.6 (11.2)

924.8 (8.0)

0.239

Used valid days, n

5.5 (0.1)

5.4 (0.1)

5.6 (0.1)

0.994

MVPA, min/day

46.5 (1.1)

53.8 (1.5)

42.0 (0.9)

<0.001

Meet recommendations for MVPAa. n (%)

582 (51.9)

224 (52.4)

355 (51.1)

0.003

Sedentary time, min/day

580.3 (7.8)

601.7 (9.0)

567.2 (6.3)

0.003

  1. HDL high-density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
  2. Values are means (standard deviations (SE)) for normally distributed continuous data and medians (interquartile range (IQR)) for asymmetrically distributed continuous data and number and proportions (%) for categorical data; a150 min/week of MVPA [14]