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Table 2 Demographic characteristics and physical activity (PA) of participants

From: Is the perceived neighborhood built environment associated with domain-specific physical activity in Latin American adults? An eight-country observational study

Variables

Overall

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

Sample size (n)

8185

1137

1803

770

1105

710

668

979

1013

Sociodemographic

 Age, mean (SD)

37.4 (13.3)

38.4 (13.2)

37.9 (13.1)

38.0 (13.4)

38.3 (13.9)

37.0 (13.2)

35.9 (13.4)

35.9 (12.9)

36.5 (13.2)

Sex (%)

 Men

47.0

43.6

46.3

47.3

48.2

48.9

49.0

46.3

48.4

 Women

53.0

56.4

53.7

52.7

51.8

51.1

51.0

53.7

51.6

Socioeconomic level (%)

 Low

52.0

47.4

46.2

46.0

63.0

33.0

51.2

47.6

77.9

 Medium

38.4

47.2

45.2

44.7

31.6

53.2

35.9

31.7

17.2

 High

9.6

5.4

8.6

9.4

5.4

13.8

12.9

20.7

4.9

Transportation PA (min/week)

 Mean (SD)

153.9 (216.7)

165.3 (237.5)

141.5 (205.1)

157.3 (221.8)

172.9 (235.2)

214.3 (259.1)

126.5 (157.9)

165.4 (207.9)

105.0 (179.5)

 Median (IQR)

75.0 (15.0–180)

70.0 (0–210.0)

70.0 (0–175.0)

75.0 (20.0–180.0)

90.0 (30.0–210.0)

120.0 (40.0–280.0)

90.0 (40.0–140.0)

100.0 (40.0–210.0)

45.0(0–120.0)

Leisure PA (min/week)

 Mean (SD)

162.2 (272.7)

146.0 (253.1)

125.4 (252.6)

191.9 (291.7)

169.4 (272.9)

162.9 (269.8)

315.5 (321.6)

178.3 (273.2)

98.5 (235.3)

 Median (IQR)

10.0 (0–20.0)

5.0 (0–10.0)

5.0 (0–10.0)

27.5 (10.0–120.0)

20.0 (0–220.0)

10.0 (0–10.0)

20.0 (5.0–200.0)

40.0 (0–210.0)

10.0 (0–10.0)

  1. PA physical activity, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range