Table 1 Baseline Characteristics by Physical Activity Groups in 5964 MrOS Men
PA trajectories (PASE score) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Low- activity-declining (N = 2555) | Moderate- activity- declining (N = 2977) | High- activity- declining (N = 432) | Whole cohort (N = 5964) | P |
Change in PAa | −54.1 (45.7) | −58.5 (50.1) | −69.0 (56.9) | −57.6 (49.1) | <0.0001b |
Mean age (y) | 73.5 (5.8) | 73.8 (5.9) | 73.5 (6.2) | 73.7 (5.9) | 0.21 |
Age Category | 0.37 | ||||
≤ 73 yrs | 1373 (53.7) | 1544 (51.9) | 238 (55.1) | 3155 (52.9) | |
> 73 yrs | 1182 (46.3) | 1433 (48.1) | 194 (44.9) | 2809 (47.1) | |
Race/ethnicity (%) | <0.0001 | ||||
White | 2253 (88.2) | 2699 (90.7) | 382 (88.4) | 5334 (89.4) | |
African American | 134 (5.2) | 100 (3.4) | 8 (1.9) | 242 (4.1) | |
Asian | 96 (3.8) | 83 (2.8) | 12 (2.8) | 191 (3.2) | |
Hispanic | 42 (1.6) | 59 (2.0) | 25 (5.8) | 126 (2.1) | |
Other | 30 (1.2) | 36 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) | 71 (1.2) | |
College education or higher | 1364 (53.4) | 1579 (53.0) | 232 (53.7) | 3175 (53.2) | 0.95 |
Alcohol intake (drinks/wk) | 0.05 | ||||
None | 957 (37.5) | 1006 (33.8) | 142 (32.9) | 2105 (35.3) | |
Light | 641 (25.1) | 789 (26.5) | 112 (25.9) | 1542 (25.9) | |
Moderate/high | 952 (37.3) | 1179 (39.6) | 178 (41.2) | 2309 (38.8) | |
Smoking (n, %) | 0.0004 | ||||
None/past smoker | 2441 (95.6) | 2891 (97.1) | 426 (98.6) | 5758 (96.6) | |
Current smoker | 113 (4.4) | 86 (2.9) | 6 (1.4) | 205 (3.4) | |
Self-reported health (n, %) | <0.0001 | ||||
Very poor/poor/fair | 531 (20.8) | 296 (9.9) | 15 (3.5) | 842 (14.1) | |
Excellent/good | 2022 (79.2) | 2681 (90.1) | 417 (96.5) | 5120 (85.9) | |
Height, mean, cm | 174.4 (6.9) | 174.0 (6.7) | 173.6 (6.5) | 174.1 (6.8) | 0.03 |
Weight, mean, kg | 84.5 (14.1) | 82.2 (12.4) | 80.8 (12.5) | 83.1 (13.2) | <0.0001 |
BMI, mean kg/m2 | 27.8 (4.1) | 27.1 (3.5) | 26.8 (3.7) | 27.4 (3.8) | <0.0001 |
BMI Categories (kg/m2) | <0.0001 | ||||
< 25 | 640 (25.1) | 861 (28.9) | 138 (31.9) | 1639 (27.5) | |
25–30 | 1279 (50.1) | 1540 (51.8) | 231 (53.5) | 3050 (51.2) | |
≥ 30 | 636 (24.9) | 574 (19.3) | 63 (14.6) | 1273 (21.4) | |
History of CVD | 799 (31.3) | 747 (25.1) | 77 (17.8) | 1623 (27.2) | <0.0001 |
History of CHD | 158 (6.2) | 149 (5.0) | 9 (2.1) | 316 (5.3) | 0.001 |
Self-reported cancer | 749 (29.3) | 871 (29.3) | 115 (26.6) | 1735 (29.1) | 0.501 |
Self -reported Hypertension | 1216 (47.6) | 1214 (40.8) | 133 (30.8) | 2563 (43.0) | <0.0001 |
Self- reported Diabetes | 362 (14.2) | 268 (9.0) | 18 (4.2) | 648 (10.9) | <0.0001 |
History of Fracture after 50 yrs | 585 (22.9) | 655 (22.0) | 110 (25.5) | 1350 (22.7) | 0.39 |
Fall in last year (n,%) | 582 (22.8) | 581 (19.5) | 94 (21.8) | 1257 (21.1) | 0.01 |