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Table 6 Study sample characteristics stratified by utilization of long-term care and type of physical activity at t1 (n = 800)

From: 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

  

Total number of individuals per category

Individuals without long-term care

n = 612 (76.4%)

Individuals with utilization of long-term care

n = 188 (23.5%)

    

Total

No physical activity

n = 63

(10.3%)

Walking only

n = 184

(30.1%)

Exercise only

n = 58

(9.5%)

Walking

+

exercise

n = 307

(50.2%)

Total

No physical activity

n = 70

(37.6%)

Walking only

n = 56

(30.1%)

Exercise only

n = 18

(9.7%)

Walking

+

exercise

n = 42

(22.6%)

Age in years

total

798

78.3

(±6.4)

77.1

(±6.0)

79.3

(±6.9)

78.9

(±5.6)

77.3

(±5.7)

75.5

(±5.6)

82.3

(±6.0)

85.0

(±4.7)

81.4

(±6.3)

78.8

(±5.5)

80.5

(±5.9)

Sex

female

798

394

(49.4%)

272

(44.4%)

22

(8.1%)

88

(32.4%)

25

(9.2%)

137

(50.4%)

122

(65.6%)

51

(41.8%)

36

(29.5%)

10

(8.2%)

25

(20.5%)

male

 

404

(50.6%)

340

(55.6%)

41

(12.1%)

96

(28.2%)

33

(9.7%)

170

(50.0%)

64

(34.4%)

19

(29.7%)

20

(31.3%)

8

(12.5%)

17

(26.6%)

Education in years

total

798

10.9

(±2.6)

11.0

(±2.6)

11.3

(±2.7)

10.8

(±2.6)

11.2

(±2.5)

11.0

(±2.5)

10.5

(±2.5)

10.2

(±2.6)

10.5

(±2.6)

10.2

(±2.2)

11.1

(±2.5)

Living arrangement

alone

798

281

(35.2%)

183

(29.9%)

13

(7.1%)

65

(35.5%)

21

(11.5%)

84

(45.9%)

98

(52.7%)

37

(37.8%)

27

(27.6%)

8

(8.2%)

26

(26.5%)

not alone

 

517

(64.8%)

429

(70.1%)

50

(8.2%)

119

(19.4%)

37

(6.1%)

223

(52.0%)

88

(47.3%)

33

(37.5%)

29

(33.0%)

10

(11.4%)

16

(18.2%)

Income

sufficient

794

632

(79.6%)

502

(79.4%)

49

(9.8%)

149

(29.7%)

48

(9.6%)

256

(51.0%)

130

(20.6%)

47

(36.2%)

41

(31.5%)

12

(9.2%)

30

(23.1%)

scarce/not sufficient

 

162

(20.4%)

108

(66.7%)

13

(12.0%)

35

(32.4%)

10

(9.3%)

50

(46.3%)

54

(33.3%)

21

(38.9%)

15

(27.8%)

6

(11.1%)

12

(22.2%)

Falls within last year

≥ 1 fall

798

141

(17.7%)

77

(12.6%)

13

(16.9%)

31

(40.3%)

7

(9.1%)

26

(33.8%)

64

(45.4%)

29

(45.3%)

17

(26.6%)

7

(10.9%)

11

(17.2%)

no falls/

unknown

 

657

(82.3%)

535

(87.4%)

50

(9.4%)

153

(28.6%)

51

(9.5%)

281

(52.5%)

122

(65.6%)

41

(33.6%)

39

(32.0%)

11

(9.0%)

31

(25.4%)

BMI

total

791

28.1

(±4.2)

27.9

(±3.9)

27.9

(±3.5)

28.4

(±4.3)

28.5

(±4.3)

27.5

(±3.5)

28.7

(±5.2)

28.9

(±5.6)

28.7

(±5.2)

30.8

(±5.6)

27.3

(±4.1)

Multimorbidity in no. of chronic conditions

total

789

2.5

(±1.5)

2.3

(±1.4)

2.6

(±1.6)

2.5

(±1.5)

2.2

(±1.5)

2.2

(±1.3)

3.3

(±1.6)

3.7

(±1.7)

3.3

(±1.5)

2.5

(±1.2)

2.9

(±1.6)

Disability score (HAQ-DI)

total

798

0.5

(±0.7)

0.3

(±0.4)

0.5

(±0.6)

0.3

(±0.4)

0.3

(±0.5)

0.2

(±0.3)

1.2

(±0.8)

1.7

(±0.8)

0.9

(±0.7)

1.2

(±1.0)

0.6

(±0.5)

  1. Data presented as n (%)/ mean (± standard deviation) | any discrepancies to total N due to missing values | any discrepancies in percentages due to rounding
  2. HAQ-DI Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index
  3. a “no physical activity” = “no or low walking (≤ 15 min/weekday)” + “no or low exercise” (see Additional file 1 for more information)
  4. b “walking only” = “high or moderate walking (> 15min/weekday)” + “no or low exercise”
  5. c “exercise only” = “high or moderate exercise” + “no or low walking (≤ 15 min/weekday)”
  6. d “walking+exercise” = “high or moderate walking (> 15min/weekday)” + “high or moderate exercise”