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Table 2 Longitudinal development of prevalence rates (PR) and 95%-confidence interval (95%-CI) of insufficient physical activity (IPA)

From: Cross-sectional and longitudinal factors influencing physical activity of 65 to 75-year-olds: a pan European cohort study based on the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Male (n = 1760)

Female (n = 2085)

 

Wave 1 baseline* PR (95%-CI)

Wave 2 2 years later PR (95%-CI)

Wave 4 7 years later PR (95%-CI)

 

Wave 1 baseline* PR (95%-CI)

Wave 2 2 years later PR (95%-CI)

Wave 4 7 years later PR (95%-CI)

Countries

   

Countries

   

Sweden (n = 206)

52.9% (46.1–59.7)

53.7% (46.9–60.5)

46.6% (39.8–53.4)

Sweden (n = 256)

61.7% (55.7–67.7)

58.8% (52.8–64.8)

64.1% (58.2–70.0)

Denmark (n = 138)

47.1% (38.7–55.5)

55.1% (46.8–63.4)

59.1% (52.4–65.8)

Denmark (n = 134)

48.5%** (40.0–57.0)

64.1% (55.9–72.3)

66.2% (58.2–74.2)

Netherlands (n = 193)

49.2% (42.1–56.3)

48.4% (41.3–55.5)

52.4% (45.3–59.5)

Netherlands (n = 216)

55.6% (49.0–62.2)

47.9% (41.2–54.6)

59.5% (52.9–66.1)

Germany (n = 202)

42.1%** (35.3–48.9)

55.4% (48.5–62.3)

55.2%** (48.3–62.1)

Germany (n = 196)

49.0%** (42.0–56.0)

60.2% (53.3–67.1)

55.4% (48.4–62.4)

Belgium (n = 279)

60.9% (55.2–66.6)

59.5% (53.7–65.3)

63.1% (57.4–68.8)

Belgium (n = 345)

75.9% (71.4–80.4)

76.7% (72.2–81.2)

80.8% (76.6–85.0)

Austria (n = 95)

63.2% (53.5–72.9)

61.1% (51.2–71.0)

58.5%** (48.5–68.5)

Austria (n = 122)

73.0% (65.1–80.9)

72.7% (64.8–80.6)

81.8%** (74.9–88.7)

Switzerland (n = 90)

42.2% (31.9–52.5)

42.2% (31.9–52.5)

53.3% (42.9–63.7)

Switzerland (n = 105)

54.3% (44.7–63.9)

52.4% (42.8–62.0)

67.6% (58.6–76.6)

France (n = 158)

59.2% (51.5–66.9)

66.2% (58.8–73.6)

69.4% (62.2–76.6)

France (n = 230)

77.8% (72.4–83.2)

80.3% (75.1–85.5)

80.0% (74.8–85.2)

Italy (n = 266)

63.5% (57.7–69.3)

66.5% (60.8–72.2)

73.2% (67.9–78.5)

Italy (n = 311)

71.4% (66.4–76.4)

74.3% (69.4–79.2)

83.3% (79.1–87.5)

Spain (n = 134)

61.2% (52.9–69.5)

61.7% (53.4–70.0)

73.7% (66.2–81.2)

Spain (n = 170)

68.0% (61.0–75.0)

66.3% (59.2–73.4)

82.1% (76.3–87.9)

Total (n = 1761)

54.9% (52.6–57.2)

57.8% (55.5–60.1)

60.9% (58.6–63.2)

Total (n = 2085)

65.4% (63.4–67.4)

66.9% (64.9–68.9)

73.0% (71.1–74.9)

  1. *Age at baseline 58–68 years; ** Deviation of more than 5 percentage points from prevalence rates of all participants aged 65–75 years at wave 4 (see Additional file 1)