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Table 2 Physical Activity by Socio-demographic Factors in EPIC-Norfolk Men and Women

From: The descriptive epidemiology of accelerometer-measured physical activity in older adults

  

Overall PA volume

Time below 100 cpm

Time above 809 cpm

 

Time above 2020 cpm

 
  

Counts per minute

min/day

min/day, not considering bouts

min/day in bouts of at least 10 min

min/day, not considering bouts

min/day in bouts of at least 10 min

  

median (IQR)

median (IQR)

median (IQR)

median (IQR)

median (IQR)

median (IQR)

Men n = 1797 (44.3 %)

Age

<60 years

305 (234, 389)

584 (531, 645)

96 (74, 129)

17 (7, 33)

28 (17, 44)

5 (0, 14)

 

60-70 years

276 (204, 364)

576 (518, 627)

88 (60, 122)

16 (6, 33)

25 (13, 39)

3 (0, 13)

 

70-80 years

216 (155, 288)

602 (544, 643)

64 (41, 95)

12 (3, 24)

14 (6, 29)

1 (0, 8)

 

>80 years

120 (80, 178)**

643 (584, 697)**

29 (13, 52)**

2 (0, 10)**

3 (1, 11)**

0 (0, 1)**

Paid employment

yes

287 (219, 368)

577 (523, 630)

94 (68, 128)

14 (6, 29)

24 (13, 39)

3 (0, 10)

 

no

215 (150, 304)**

599 (543, 649)**

65 (38, 97)**

11 (2, 27)**

16 (5, 31)**

2 (0, 10)

Educational level

O-level & lower

227 (156, 309)

591 (536, 648)

72 (42, 102)

11 (3, 25)

16 (6, 31)

1 (0, 7)

 

A-level

240 (165, 327)

586 (530, 639)

73 (44, 110)

12 (3, 27)

18 (7, 33)

2 (0, 9)

 

Degree

255 (179, 339)*

605 (556, 653)**

77 (52, 109)

17 (6, 32)**

24 (12, 40)**

5 (0, 15)**

BMI

normal weight

277 (201, 361)

576 (419, 626)

86 (56, 119)

18 (5, 33)

25 (11, 41)

4 (0, 15)

 

overweight

237 (168, 325)

591 (537, 644)

75 (45, 106)

12 (4, 27)

19 (8, 34)

2 (0, 9)

 

obese

181 (121, 261)**

618 (562, 669)**

52 (31, 81)**

5 (0, 18)**

10 (3, 23)**

0 (0, 5)**

Smoking

current

218 (120, 321)

596 (524, 669)

67 (29, 110)

6 (0, 21)

12 (3, 27)

0 (0, 2)

 

former/never

238 (167, 327)

592 (536, 644)

74 (47, 107)

13 (4, 28)

19 (8, 34)

2 (0, 10)

Self-rated health

very good

267 (201, 359)

580 (528, 632)

88 (59, 121)

18 (6, 33)

24 (11, 38)

3 (0, 13)

 

good

230 (163, 309)

596 (541, 644)

70 (44, 102)

12 (3, 26)

18 (8, 32)

2 (0, 10)

 

poor

169 (110, 243)**

620 (561, 684)**

45 (24, 79)**

5 (0, 15)**

7 (2, 21)**

0 (0, 4)**

Women n = 2255 (55.7 %)

Age

<60 years

274 (217, 351)

581 (491, 581)

86 (63, 116)

13 (4, 26)

22 (10, 34)

4 (0, 13)

 

60-70 years

267 (207, 341)

530 (480, 582)

83 (58, 113)

14 (4, 26)

19 (9, 32)

3 (0, 11)

 

70-80 years

210 (146, 271)

562 (507, 617)

57 (33, 88)

6 (1, 16)

10 (3, 19)

0 (0, 5)

 

>80 years

134 (97, 190)**

612 (562, 670)**

28 (19, 51)**

2 (0, 7)**

3 (1, 8)**

0 (0, 0)**

Paid employment

yes

274 (212, 345)

536 (487, 583)

86 (60, 116)

12 (4, 25)

20 (10, 33)

3 (0, 11)

 

no

228 (166, 306)**

551 (491, 606)**

68 (41, 97)**

9 (2, 22)**

13 (5, 26)**

1 (0, 8)**

Educational level

O-level & lower

227 (164, 303)

548 (495, 602)

66 (41, 98)

8 (2, 20)

12 (5, 24)

0 (0, 6)

 

A-level

241 (182, 317)

545 (489, 601)

74 (47, 104)

10 (3, 22)

15 (7, 28)

2 (0, 8)

 

Degree

267 (195, 344)**

551 (495, 601)

81 (55, 111)**

15 (5, 27)**

20 (9, 33)**

4 (0, 13)**

BMI

normal weight

271 (204, 344)

532 (481, 583)

83 (56, 112)

14 (4, 26)

19 (9, 33)

3 (0, 11)

 

overweight

232 (167, 307)

551 (500, 603)

67 (42, 100)

9 (2, 20)

14 (6, 26)

1 (0, 8)

 

obese

205 (139, 263)**

572 (510, 630)**

60 (32, 86)**

5 (0, 14)**

7 (2, 17)**

0 (0, 2)**

Smoking

current

214 (174, 299)

546 (484, 597)

64 (43, 97)

6 (1, 18)

11 (5, 25)

0 (0, 5)

 

former/never

240 (177, 317)

547 (493, 602)

72 (46, 103)

10 (3. 23)

15 (6, 28)

2 (0, 9)

Self-rated health

very good

267 (206, 341)

538 (485, 588)

83 (57, 112)

14 (5, 26)

19 (10, 32)

3 (0, 12)

 

good

228 (171, 301)

551 (494, 605)

67 (43, 97)

8 (2, 20)

13 (5, 24)

1 (0, 7)

 

poor

188 (128, 255)**

563 (513, 631)**

51 (25, 80)**

3 (0, 16)**

6 (2, 16)**

0 (0, 2)**

  1. *Data are medians and interquartile ranges. P-values denote significance of non-parametric test for trend across categories (* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01). Values are rounded