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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population at baseline (2012–2013) by incident CVD

From: Association of daily composition of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with incidence of cardiovascular disease in older adults

 

Incident CVD (N = 3319)

 

Characteristics

No

Yes

P value

N (row %)

3020 (91.0)

299 (9.0)

 

Age (years), M (SD)

68.6 (5.5)

71.5 (5.9)

< 0.001*

Women

830 (27.5)

55 (18.4)

0.001*

Non-white

173 (5.7)

33 (11.0)

< 0.001*

Married/cohabitating

2262 (74.9)

226 (75.6)

0.79

Higher education

995 (33.0)

76 (25.4)

0.01*

Low occupational position

1494 (49.5)

155 (51.8)

0.43

Recent-ex/current smokers

151 (5.0)

23 (7.7)

0.05

1–14 units of alcohol per week

1712 (56.7)

166 (55.5)

0.92

Daily intake of fruits & vegetable

2423 (80.2)

227 (75.9)

0.08

BMI (kg/m2), M (SD)

26.3 (4.2)

27.1 (4.4)

0.003*

Hypertensiona

1347 (44.6)

183 (61.2)

< 0.001*

Hyperlipidaemiab

1365 (45.2)

150 (50.2)

0.10

Diabetes

311 (10.3)

58 (19.4)

< 0.001*

Multimorbidity index (N chronic conditions)c

  

0.67

 0

2153 (71.3)

207 (69.3)

 

 1

742 (24.6)

77 (25.8)

 

  ≥ 2

125 (4.1)

15 (5.0)

 

Time in SBd (minutes/day), M (SD)

692.1 (88.4)

718.0 (96.8)

< 0.001*

Time in LIPAd (minutes/day), M (SD)

209.5 (65.1)

195.2 (73.2)

< 0.001*

Time in MVPAd (minutes/day), M (SD)

58.4 (37.6)

46.8 (36.4)

< 0.001*

  1. Notes: Values are N (column %) unless otherwise indicated
  2. aSystolic/diastolic blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg or use of antihypertensive drugs
  3. bLow-density lipoprotein ≥4.1 mmol/l or use of lipid lowering drugs
  4. cCancer, arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, Parkinson disease, and dementia
  5. dNormalized to a 16-h (960 min) waking day
  6. * indicates statistically significance at p < 0.05
  7. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; CVD cardiovascular disease; LIPA light intensity physical activity; M mean; MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; SD standard deviation; SB sedentary behaviour