Positive and negative well-being and objectively measured sedentary behaviour in older adults: evidence from three cohorts

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the three cohorts

	LBC1936	Twenty-07 1930s	Twenty-07 1950s
	n = 271	n = 118	n = 309
Age M (SD)	78.97 (0.44)	83.40 (0.62)	64.58 (0.90)
Sedentary time (%) M (SD)	62.51 (10.38)	68.16 (10.93)	60.84 (10.77)
Sit-to-stand (number) M (SD)	43.97 (11.49)	42.85 (13.60)	49.12 (13.63)
WEMWBS M (SD)	51.81 (7.93)	N/A	N/A
HADS-A Mdn (IQR)	4 (2–6)	5 (3–7)^a	6 (4–8)^a
HADS-D Mdn (IQR)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–5)^a	2 (1–5)^a
BMI M (SD)	27.22 (4.30)	27.72 (4.57)^b	27.92 (4.55)^b
Education n (%)
Low	36 (13.3)	34 (28.8)	25 (8.1)
Medium	133 (49.1)	61 (50.8)	161 (51.9)
High	102 (37.6)	24 (20.3)	124 (40.0)
Limiting illness/disability n (%)	49 (18.1)	50 (42.4)	60 (19.4)

M mean, SD standard deviation, Mdn median, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, WEMWBS Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, HADS-A/D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety/Depression subscale
^a HADS measured approximately 8 years before sedentary behaviour assessment
^b Height measured approximately 8 years before weight and sedentary behaviour assessment

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