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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 366566 participants by the proportion of VPA to MVPA

From: Associations of physical activity intensity with incident cardiovascular diseases and mortality among 366,566 UK adults

 

Total

VPA/MVPA

Standardized difference*

 

0%

 > 0% to ≤ 30%

 > 30%

Number

366,566

142,476

108,068

116,022

 

Male, No. (%)

168,871 (46.1)

59,788 (42.0)

48,786 (45.1)

60,297 (52.0)

0.134

Age, mean (SD), years

56.0 (8.1)

56.8 (7.9)

56.4 (8.1)

54.6 (8.2)

0.184

Townsend index, mean (SD)

-1.4 (3.0)

-1.2 (3.1)

-1.6 (2.9)

-1.6 (3.0)

0.078

Education, No. (%)

    

0.087

  College or university

131,969 (36.0)

45,062 (31.6)

39,380 (36.4)

47,527 (41.0)

 

  Below college

232,123 (63.3)

96,317 (67.6)

68,085 (63.0)

67,721 (58.4)

 

Income (ï¿¡/year), No. (%)

    

0.063

   < 18,000

64,384 (17.6)

29,891 (21.0)

18,340 (17.0)

16,153 (13.9)

 

  18,000–52,000

168,464 (46.0)

64,660 (45.4)

53,143 (49.2)

50,661 (43.7)

  ≥52,000

92,444 (25.2)

30,302 (21.3)

25,057 (23.2)

37,085 (32.0)

Race, No. (%)

    

0.024

  White

346,972 (94.7)

134,627 (94.5)

103,346 (95.6)

108,999 (94.0)

 

  Others

18,554 (5.1)

7,429 (5.2)

4,424 (4.1)

6,701 (5.8)

Smoking status, No. (%)

    

0.065

  Never

204,756 (55.9)

77,057 (54.1)

61,002 (56.5)

66,697 (57.5)

 

  Former

124,485 (34.0)

47,805 (33.6)

37,255 (34.5)

39,425 (34.0)

  Current

36,389 (9.9)

17,171 (12.1)

9,589 (8.9)

9,629 (8.3)

Alcohol consumption (g/day), No. (%)

    

0.072

  0

25,782 (7.0)

12,490 (8.8)

6,385 (5.9)

6,907 (6.0)

 

  0.1–29.9

231,132 (63.1)

84,828 (59.5)

70,642 (65.4)

75,662 (65.2)

  ≥30.0

50,917 (13.9)

18,674 (13.1)

14,932 (13.8)

17,311 (14.9)

Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2

27.1 ± 4.6

27.8 ± 5.0

26.8 ± 4.3

26.7 ± 4.2

0.146

Diet quality score, mean (SD)

3.1 ± 1.4

2.9 ± 1.4

3.2 ± 1.4

3.2 ± 1.4

0.139

Hypertension, No. (%)

193,214 (52.7)

79,438 (55.8)

56,797 (52.6)

56,979 (49.1)

0.089

Diabetes, No. (%)

18,128 (5.0)

9,131 (6.4)

4,454 (4.1)

4,543 (3.9)

0.075

Lipid lowering treatment, No. (%)

47,836 (13.1)

22,088 (15.5)

13,195 (12.2)

12,553 (10.8)

0.093

Family history of CVD, No. (%)

210,062 (57.3)

83,110 (58.3)

62,503 (57.8)

64,449 (55.6)

0.037

MVPA, mean (SD), MET-minutes/week

2,716.7 (2,713.8)

1,478.2 (1,604.9)

3,588.0 (2,629.0)

3,425.9 (3,251.6)

0.594

  VPA, mean (SD), MET-minutes/week

699.3 (1,216.0)

0.0 (0.0)

555.5 (555.9)

1,691.9 (1,667.0)

1.254

  MPA, mean (SD), MET-minutes/week

953.1 (1,229.3)

569.5 (971.8)

1,494.3 (1,448.6)

920.1 (1,098.1)

0.512

Sedentary behavior, mean (SD), hours/day

4.5 (2.5)

4.6 (2.6)

4.3 (2.4)

4.4 (2.6)

0.104

  1. Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; MPA, moderate physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity; VPA, vigorous physical activity. VPA/MVPA, the proportion of VPA to MVPA
  2. Data are presented as means ± SD for continuous variables or n (percentages) for categorical variables
  3. The number of missing data were 2,474 (0.7%), 41,274 (11.3%), 1,040 (0.3%), 462 (0.1%), 936 (0.3%), 58,735 (16%), 1,400 (0.4%) and 64 (0.02%) for education, income, race, Townsend index, smoking status, alcohol consumption, BMI and sedentary behavior
  4. *Average standardized difference of three standardized differences from group comparisons (namely group 0% VS > 0% to ≤ 30%, group > 0% to ≤ 30% VS > 30%, group 0% VS > 30%)
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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