Physical activity benefits of attending a senior center depend largely on age and gender: a study using GPS and accelerometry data

Table 3 Senior center users only, comparison between days on which they use it, and days on which they do not

	Sedentary^a			Light^b			MVPA^c			Total PA^d
	mean	SD	p^e	mean	SD	p^e	mean	SD	p^e	mean	SD	p^e
Senior center			0.01*			0.622			0.213			0.537
Attended	1007.9	21.6		206.9	7.5		2.1	0.4		209.0	7.7
Didn’t attend	969.7	22.8		209.6	7.9		2.6	0.4		212.4	8.1
Gender			0.076			0.024*			0.237			0.023*
Female	960.7	27.6		222.2	9.5		2.7	0.4		224.9	9.7
Male	1014.8	30.8		190.2	10.5		1.9	0.5		192.1	10.8
Age			0.053			0.041			0.032			0.036*
< 75	978.6	34.9		227.3	11.8		3.2	0.5		230.6	12.1
≥75	1001.6	26.0		197.2	8.8		1.8	0.4		199.0	9.0
Female			0.001*			0.746			0.001*			0.596
Attended	989.4	27.9		221.4	10.1		2.0	0.5		223.3	10.3
Didn’t attend	907.6	29.5		223.9	10.9		3.8	0.6		227.8	11.1
Male			0.54			0.651			0.106			0.733
Attended	1028.2	32.1		188.8	10.6		2.3	0.5		191.0	10.9
Didn’t attend	1042.9	33.6		192.1	11.1		1.3	0.6		193.1	11.3
< 75			0.333			0.224			0.16			0.183
Attended	987.9	34.3		222.9	12.3		2.8	0.6		225.6	12.6
Didn’t attend	962.9	36.9		235.2	13.4		4.0	0.7		239.3	13.7
≥75			0.011*			0.659			0.745			0.705
Attended	1019.3	27.6		198.3	9.2		1.8	0.4		199.9	9.4
Didn’t attend	973.5	28.9		195.5	9.7		1.9	0.5		197.5	9.9

^a Daily time spent sedentary (minutes)
^b Daily time spent in LPA (minutes)
^c Daily time spent in MVPA (minutes)
^d Daily time spent in physical activity (light, moderate or vigorous) (minutes)
^e One way ANOVA
* Statistically significant value

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