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Table 1 Participant characteristics by television viewing and MVPA participation at Time 2*: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

From: Impact of changes in television viewing time and physical activity on longevity: a prospective cohort study

 

Television viewing (h/day)

MVPA (h/wk)

 

<3

3–4

5+

<1

1–4

4+

N

70963

59162

35062

38058

53237

72951

Age (y)

70.1 (5.4)

71.0 (5.2)

71.3 (5.1)

70.7 (5.4)

70.8 (5.3)

70.6 (5.2)

BMI (kg/m2)

26.1 (4.2)

27.0 (4.5)

28.0 (5.2)

28.0 (5.3)

26.9 (4.6)

26.1 (4.0)

Education-some college (%)

74.8

65.1

57.4

58.8

65.9

73.6

Married (%)

71.2

69.9

63.7

64.5

66.9

73.1

Race (% white)

94.1

93.9

92.0

92.5

93.5

94.2

Very good/excellent health (%)

60.8

49.3

39.7

38.4

48.2

62.3

Retired (%)

70.5

81.8

86.9

75.1

76.8

80.5

Sleep <7 h/night (%)

26.9

27.9

29.1

31.3

28.0

25.7

MVPA 4+ h/wk (%)

46.2

35.5

18.3

-

-

-

Television 5+ h/day (%)

-

-

-

27.4

20.8

18.3

Ever diagnosed with (%):

      

 Coronary heart disease

18.1

22.7

25.6

22.4

21.2

21.0

 Cancer

12.8

13.6

14.1

13.7

13.3

13.3

 Chronic condition

6.0

8.1

11.2

11.1

8.2

6.0

 Degenerative disease

0.7

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.0

0.7

 Depression

11.6

12.2

15.4

16.1

13.7

10.1

 Hypertension

48.8

55.7

60.5

57.7

55.5

50.4

 High Cholesterol

52.0

57.5

59.6

55.4

56.3

55.2

 Diabetes

11.3

15.5

20.3

18.6

15.5

12.1

  1. Information at Time 2 was reported on the Follow-up Questionnaire, administered 2004–2006. Values in parentheses are standard deviation. Degenerative diseases refer to Parkinson’s Diease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Multiple Sclerosis