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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of survey participants

From: The association between ambient fine particulate air pollution and physical activity: a cohort study of university students living in Beijing

 

Total

Male

Female

p

N

3097

2070

1027

 

Age (yr), mean (SD)

18.18 (.85)

18.22 (.89)

18.10 (.76)

0.000

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Han

2891 (90.43)

1953 (90.79)

938 (89.67)

0.313

 Minority

306 (9.57)

198 (9.21)

108 (10.33)

Body mass index, mean (SD)

 BMI (kg/m2)

21.21 (3.80)

21.82 (4.07)

19.98 (2.80)

0.000

Smoking, n (%)

 Current smoker

24 (0.78)

21 (1.01)

3 (0.30)

0.038

 Current nonsmoker

3056 (99.22)

2065 (98.99)

991 (99.70)

Drinking n (%)

 Current drinker

88 (2.86)

73 (3.50)

15 (1.51)

0.002

 Current nondrinker

2992 (97.14)

2013 (96.50)

979 (98.49)

Self-rated physical health, mean (SD)

 Physical health score (1–10)

5.78 (1.83)

5.77 (1.86)

5.80 (1.75)

0.687

Self-rated mental health, mean (SD)

 Mental health score (1–10)

7.07 (1.89)

7.09 (1.92)

7.02 (1.81)

0.339

Leisure-time vigorous physical activity, mean (SD)

 Total minutes of vigorous physical activity in last week

96.01 (112.52)

107.35 (115.65)

72.83 (102.04)

0.000

Leisure-time moderate physical activity, mean (SD)

 Total minutes of moderate physical activity in last week

212.12 (173.76)

219.63 (174.92)

197.52 (170.63)

0.001

Leisure-time MVPA, mean (SD)

 Total minutes of vigorous and moderate physical activity in last week

306.53 (228.99)

325.77 (231.13)

268.33 (219.89)

0.000

Walking, mean (SD)

 Total minutes of walking in last week

71.61 (115.84)

71.49 (110.14)

71.85 (126.42)

0.939

Sedentary behavior, mean (SD)

 Total hours of sedentary behavior per day

8.96 (2.78)

8.87 (2.80)

9.12 (2.75)

0.019

Sleeping behavior, mean (SD)

 Total hours of sleeping behavior per day

7.68 (0.85)

7.69 (0.84)

7.65 (0.87)

0.228

Total MTEs in last week, mean (SD)

1732.45 (1372.42)

1843.00 (1371.02)

1510.93 (1348.88)

0.000