Association of physical activity with utilization of long-term care in community-dwelling older adults in Germany: results from the population-based KORA-Age observational study

Table 5 Individuals meeting suggested minimum values in German National Physical Activity Recommendations for older adults at t₁

	Total n = 800	No long-term care n = 612 (76.5%)	Long-term care n = 188 (23.5%)
Moderate-intensity exercise ≥ 150 min/week ^a	196 (24.5%)	174 (28.4%)	22 (11.2%)
Vigorous-intensity exercise ≥ 75 min/week	52 (6.5%)	52 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)
Moderate-intensity ≥ 150 min/week or vigorous-intensity exercise ≥ 75 min/week^a	222 (27.7%)	200 (32.7%)	22 (11.7%)
Strength training ≥ 2 times/week	51 (6.4%)	45 (7.4%)	6 (3.2%)

Multiple answers possible
Number and % of individuals completing each PA type were calculated based on the following:
1. Frequency: participants were asked “How often did you spend time doing [X] within the last 7 days?” per category (examples were given to specify the categories)
2. Time: if participants chose a category other than “not applicable/0 days”, participants were asked: “How many hours have you spent on average doing [X] within the last 7 days?” (not applied for strength training)
3. Amount in min/week (lower bounds): frequency * time (not applied for strength training)
4. Number/% of individuals: all individuals with ≥150 min/week moderate-intensity exercise/ ≥ 75 min/week vigorous-intensity exercise/ ≥ 2 times/week strength training were counted
^a p ≤ 0.005 | group differences “no long-term care” vs. “long-term care” and exercise intensity, analysis through chi²-tests

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