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Table 1 Characterization of 509 men and 567 women aged 70–77 years participating in the study

From: Absolute and relative accelerometer thresholds for determining the association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome in the older adults: The Generation-100 study

Characteristics

All (n = 1076)

Men (n = 509)

Women (n = 567)

Age

72.5 ± 2.1

72.4 ± 2.1

72.5 ± 2.1

MetSa, (%)

38.0

42.8*

34.2

Waist circumference (cm)

89.3 ± 10

88.3 ± 10.7*

91.0 ± 10.8

Elevated waist circumference, (%)

80.5

77.9

77.4

Triglycerides (mmol·L−1)

1.13 ± 0.54

1.16 ± 0.57*

1.10 ± 0.52

Elevated triglycerides or drug treatment, (%)

20.6

24.8

16.9

HDL-cholesterol (mmol·L−1)

1.74 ± 0.50

1.56 ± 0.44*

1.90 ± 0.50

Reduced HDL-cholesterol, (%)

14.7

16.1

13.5

Blood pressure (mmHg)

 Systolic

133 ± 1

132 ± 16

134 ± 19

 Diastolic

75 ± 9

77 ± 9*

73 ± 9

Elevated blood pressure or drug treatment (%)

67.2

68.2

66.3

Fasting glucose (mg·dL−1)

5.67 ± 0.88

5.85 ± 0.98*

5.51 ± 0.77

Elevated fasting glucose or drug treatment (%)

52.7

61.4

44.6

History of cardiovascular diseaseb (%)

19.2

25.9*

13.2

Currently smoking (%)

7.6

8.3

7.0

Alcohol use (units∙week−1)

3.5 ± 3.7

4.2 ± 4.2*

2.9 ± 2.9

Absolute intensity moderate- to vigorous physical activity (min·day−1)

18.8 ± 20.1

19.5 ± 21.4

18.3 ± 18.8

Meeting absolute intensity moderate-to-vigorous physical activity recommendation (%)c

33.8

33.9

33.6

Relative intensity moderate- to vigorous physical activity (min·day−1)

44.0 ± 35.2

33.9 ± 27.3*

53.1 ± 38.9

Meeting relative moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity recommendation (%)c

75.2

67.3*

82.2

Absolute intensity moderate physical activity (min·day−1)

16.8 ± 18.2

16.2 ± 18.3

17.3 ± 18.1

Meeting absolute moderate intensity physical activity recommendation (%)c

30.4

28.6

32.5

Relative intensity moderate physical activity (min·day−1)

2.6 ± 9.1

1.8 ± 6.3

3.3 ± 11.1

Meeting relative intensity moderate intensity physical activity recommendation (%)c

3.4

1.2*

5.6

Absolute intensity vigorous physical activity (min·day−1)

0.8 ± 3.7

1.4 ± 5.2*

0.1 ± 0.8

Meeting absolute vigorous intensity physical activity recommendation (%)d

1.7

3.4*

0.2

Relative intensity vigorous physical activity (min·day−1)

27.0 ± 23.2

24.1 ± 22.6*

29.8 ± 23.4

Meeting relative vigorous intensity physical activity recommendation (%)d

72.4

67.1*

77.4

Peak oxygen uptake (mL·kg−1·min−1)

28.9 ± 6.6

31.7 ± 6.7*

26.4 ± 5.1

  1. Numbers are means ± standard deviation unless otherwise specified
  2. *Statistically significant differences between sexes (p < 0.05)
  3. aMetS: Metabolic syndrome risk factor clustering was defined as the presence of at least 3 of the following 5 risk factors: elevated waist circumference (being ≥80 cm in women and ≥94 cm in men); elevated triglycerides (being ≥1.7 mmol·L-1); reduced HDL-cholesterol (being ≤1.3 mmol·L-1 in women and ≤1.0 mmol·L-1 in men); elevated blood pressure (systolic ≥130 mmHg and/or diastolic ≥85 mmHg); and elevated fasting glucose (being ≥100 mg·dL-1).
  4. bHistory of CVD was determined with current or former prevalence of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, other heart diseases and/or stroke.
  5. cHaving ≥ 150 min per week moderate to vigorous or moderate intensity in bouts of at least 10 min = meeting absolute or relative moderate to vigorous or moderate PA recommendation
  6. dHaving ≥ 75 min per week in bouts of at least 5 min = meeting absolute or relative vigorous PA recommendation
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