Table 1 Participant characteristics
Characteristics | Sample | ‘Physically active & low sedentary’ | ‘Physically active & high sedentary’ | ‘Physically inactive & low sedentary’ | ‘Physically inactive & high sedentary’ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 771 | n = 38; 4.9% | n = 89; 11.5% | n = 154; 20.0% | n = 490; 63.6% | |
Age (years) a | 76.8 (4.9) | 74.4 (4.0) | 74.8 (3.7) | 75.9 (4.5) | 77.7 (5.1) |
Sex b | |||||
Male | 355 (46.0) | 23 (60.5) | 62 (69.7) | 50 (32.5) | 220 (44.9) |
Female | 416 (54.0) | 15 (39.5) | 27 (30.3) | 104 (67.5) | 270 (55.1) |
Education b | |||||
None | 487 (63.2) | 19 (50.0) | 46 (51.7) | 97 (63.0) | 325 (66.3) |
Primary school | 169 (21.9) | 11 (28.9) | 26 (29.2) | 39 (25.3) | 93 (19.0) |
Secundary or more | 109 (14.1) | 8 (21.1) | 17 (19.1) | 16 (10.4) | 68 (13.9) |
Missing c | 6 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.3) | 4 (0.8) |
Income b | |||||
Low | 369 (47.8) | 23 (60.5) | 45 (50.6) | 66 (42.8) | 235 (48.0) |
Medium | 299 (38.8) | 11 (29.0) | 33 (37.1) | 75 (48.7) | 180 (36.7) |
High | 56 (7.3) | 3 (7.9) | 6 (6.7) | 7 (4.6) | 40 (8.1) |
Missing c | 47 (6.1) | 1 (2.6) | 5 (5.6) | 6 (3.9) | 35 (7.1) |
Marital status b | |||||
Single | 42 (5.4) | 2 (5.3) | 1 (1.1) | 9 (5.8) | 30 (6.1) |
Married | 541 (70.2) | 28 (73.7) | 73 (82.0) | 112 (72.7) | 328 (66.9) |
Widowed | 171 (22.2) | 7 (18.4) | 13 (14.6) | 30 (19.5) | 121 (24.7) |
Divorced/Separated | 12 (1.6) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (1.8) |
Missing c | 5 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.9) | 2 (2.4) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) a | 30.3 (4.8) | 26.9 (3.8) | 28.8 (3.6) | 30.2 (4.4) | 30.8 (5.0) |
Short physical performance battery (points) a | 8.4 (3.2) | 10.7 (1.6) | 10.2 (2.1) | 8.4 (2.9) | 7.9 (3.4) |
Missing c | 6 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 5 (1.0) |
Frailty trait scale (points) a | 38 (14.5) | 23.6 (11.7) | 28.9 (11.8) | 37.7 (13.9) | 40.9 (13.9) |
Missing c | 22 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.6) | 18 (3.7) |
Accelerometer wear time (min/valid day) a | 786.0 (82.6) | 810.0 (84.3) | 828.9 (80.1) | 799.9 (81.5) | 772.0 (79.6) |
Sedentary time (min/valid day) a | 539.9 (90.6) | 433.2 (46.7) | 557.9 (67.4) | 447.0 (65.1) | 574.0 (76.1) |
Light physical activity (min/valid day) a | 226.8 (86.2) | 311.6 (50.1) | 211.9 (44.0) | 337.1 (58.4) | 188.2 (64.5) |
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (min/valid day) a | 19.4 (23.8) | 65.2 (22.0) | 59.1 (23.8) | 15.8 (13.8) | 9.8 (12.1) |
≥ 10-min bouts of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (min/day) b | 9.6 (17.7) | 42.6 (18.2) | 42.6 (22.3) | 4.3 (6.1) | 2.7 (5.1) |
Meet WHO guidelines b | |||||
Yes | 127 (16.5) | 38 (100.0) | 89 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
No | 644 (83.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 154 (100.0) | 490 (100.0) |
Light physical activity-to-sedentary time ratio a | 0.45 (0.24) | 0.72 (0.11) | 0.39 (0.09) | 0.78 (0.26) | 0.34 (0.13) |