Table 3 Weight and health characteristics of walkers participating in each Heart Foundation Walking surveya
2010 (n = 1984) | 2011 (n = 2796) | 2012 (n = 3585) | 2015 (n = 1601) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | All | Female | Male | All | Female | Male | All | Female | Male | |
BMI (mean, SD) | 27.0 (5.7) | 27.1 (5.5) | 26.9 (5.5) | 28.1 (5.4) | 27.0 (5.5) | 26.8 (5.6) | 27.8 (5.2) | 26.9 (5.1) | 26.6 (5.0) | 27.7 (5.0) |
BMI category (%)b | ||||||||||
Not overweight | 41.1 | 39.8 | 42.9 | 27.9 | 39.6 | 42.6 | 29.2 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 31.7 |
Overweight | 35.5 | 36.2 | 34.2 | 43.5 | 38.3 | 36.5 | 44.8 | 36.2 | 34.4 | 42.3 |
Obese | 23.5 | 24.1 | 22.9 | 28.6 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 26.0 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 26.0 |
Chronic disease (%) | ||||||||||
Arthritis | 36.2 | 43.2 | 45.2 | 35.2 | 43.1 | 45.2 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 38.9 | 32.3 |
Asthma | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 9.0 |
Back pain | 14.6 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
Respiratory disease | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
High blood pressure | 31.3 | 35.3 | 33.9 | 40.3 | 36.0 | 35.1 | 39.6 | 28.1 | 26.6 | 33.9 |
High cholesterol | 27.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 27.9 | 26.3 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.2 |
Heart disease | 8.8 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 22.6 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 21.1 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 18.0 |
Diabetes | 10.0 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 16.5 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 18.6 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 15.5 |
Any one (or more) of the above conditions/risk factors (%)c | 73.5 | 79.5 | 78.4 | 83.1 | 80.9 | 80.2 | 83.5 | 69.3 | 67.8 | 74.8 |
2 or more conditions/risk factors | 41.6 | 46.9 | 45.7 | 50.8 | 45.9 | 44.9 | 49.9 | 38.1 | 37.9 | 39.1 |
3 or more conditions/risk factors | 18.4 | 23.0 | 21.9 | 26.8 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 24.2 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 20.5 |
Physical activity min/week (mean, SD) | Not in survey | 537.6 (556.3) | 521.0 (536.8) | 597.4 (618.7) | 541.6 (532.6) | 532.6 (533.1) | 569.1 (532.2) | 541.7 (573.1) | 528.5 (556.0) | 592.2 (632.8) |
Walking min/week (mean, SD) | Not in survey | 241.8 (257.5) | 241.3 (261.5) | 246.3 (244.5) | 229.7 (226.4) | 229.7 (232.3) | 229.4 (205.1) | 258.1 (262.4) | 254.9 (261.0) | 270.7 (267.8) |
Meeting physical activity guidelinesd (%) | Not in survey | 70.2 | 69.7 | 72.3 | 70.9 | 70.1 | 73.0 | 71.3 | 70.8 | 73.2 |