Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants according to the dose of leisure-time exercise
| Â | Dose of leisure-time exercise | Â | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No exercise | Very low | Low | Medium | High | Very high | P for trenda |
No. of participants | 17 704 | 2753 | 2627 | 3422 | 1284 | 1292 | Â |
Male sex | 14 608 (82.5) | 2355 (85.5) | 2321 (88.4) | 3049 (89.0) | 1168 (91.0) | 1175 (90.9) | <0.001 |
Age, year | 43.1 ± 10.2 | 40.7 ± 10.6 | 42.1 ± 10.9 | 42.7 ± 11.1 | 43.5 ± 11.0 | 42.4 ± 12.2 | 0.28 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 23.3 ± 3.4 | 23.3 ± 3.4 | 23.5 ± 3.3 | 23.6 ± 3.1 | 23.5 ± 3.1 | 23.3 ± 3.0 | 0.002 |
Baseline depression score | 18.9 ± 3.7 | 18.4 ± 3.7 | 18.2 ± 3.7 | 18.1 ± 3.7 | 17.9 ± 3.6 | 17.6 ± 3.8 | <0.001 |
Smoking | 7666 (43.3) | 1170 (42.5) | 1040 (39.6) | 1345 (39.3) | 469 (36.5) | 483 (37.4) | <0.001 |
Heavy alcohol drinkingb | 1517 (8.6) | 188 (6.8) | 191 (7.3) | 271 (7.9) | 120 (9.4) | 106 (8.2) | 0.91 |
Married | 12 728 (71.9) | 1882 (68.4) | 1843 (70.2) | 2429 (70.1) | 941 (73.3) | 871 (67.4) | 0.02 |
High job position | 2970 (16.8) | 397 (14.4) | 469 (17.9) | 727 (21.2) | 307 (23.9) | 181 (14.0) | 0.005 |
Shift work | 3394 (19.2) | 612 (22.2) | 439 (16.7) | 567 (16.6) | 189 (14.7) | 232 (18.0) | <0.001 |
Long overtime work (≥45 h/month) | 5736 (32.4) | 843 (30.6) | 827 (31.5) | 1094 (32.0) | 365 (28.4) | 337 (26.1) | <0.001 |
Sedentary work | 10 284 (58.1) | 1554 (56.5) | 1599 (60.9) | 2174 (63.5) | 815 (63.5) | 699 (54.1) | 0.20 |
<20Â min of walking to and from work | 9487 (53.6) | 1613 (58.6) | 1400 (53.3) | 1876 (54.8) | 733 (57.1) | 730 (56.5) | 0.011 |
Dose of exercise, MET hours per week | 0 | >0 to < 3.25 | 3.25 to < 7.5 | 7.5 to < 16.5 | 16.5 to < 25.5 | ≥25.5 |  |