Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the analyses (n = 1614)
Characteristics | Total (n = 1614) | Baseline frequency of moderate physical activity | 12-month change in physical activity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular frequency (n = 1171) | Low frequency (n = 443) | P-value | Continued regular frequency (n = 947) | Continued low frequency (n = 290) | Increased frequency (n = 153) | Decreased frequency (n = 224) | P-value | ||
Age | 79.8 ± 5.2 | 79.3 ± 4.9 | 81.2 ± 5.7 | <.001a | 79.0 ± 4.8 | 81.9 ± 5.8 | 80.0 ± 5.2 | 80.5 ± 5.2 | <.001b |
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 985 (61.0) | 678 (57.9) | 307 (69.3) | <.001c | 543 (57.3) | 211 (72.8) | 96 (62.7) | 135 (60.3) | <.001c |
Male | 629 (39.0) | 493 (42.1) | 136 (30.7) | 404 (42.7) | 79 (27.2) | 57 (37.3) | 89 (39.7) | ||
Country | |||||||||
Spain | 370 (22.9) | 306 (26.1) | 64 (14.4) | <.001c | 270 (28.5) | 24 (8.3) | 40 (26.1) | 36 (16.1) | <.001c |
Greece | 163 (10.1) | 108 (9.2) | 55 (12.4) | 72 (7.6) | 40 (13.8) | 15 (9.8) | 36 (16.1) | ||
Croatia | 413 (25.6) | 250 (21.3) | 163 (36.8) | 183 (19.3) | 127 (43.8) | 36 (23.5) | 67 (29.9) | ||
the Netherlands | 248 (15.4) | 187 (16.0) | 61 (13.8) | 152 (16.1) | 30 (10.3) | 31 (20.3) | 35 (15.6) | ||
the United Kingdom | 420 (26.0) | 320 (27.3) | 100 (22.6) | 270 (28.5) | 69 (23.8) | 31 (20.3) | 50 (22.3) | ||
Educational level | |||||||||
Primary or less | 388 (24.2) | 293 (25.2) | 95 (21.5) | <.001c | 239 (25.4) | 57 (19.7) | 38 (25.2) | 54 (24.3) | <.001c |
Secondary | 1065 (66.4) | 741 (63.7) | 324 (73.5) | 604 (64.1) | 220 (75.9) | 104 (68.9) | 137 (61.7) | ||
Tertiary | 152 (9.5) | 130 (11.2) | 22 (5.0) | 99 (10.5) | 13 (4.5) | 9 (6.0) | 31 (14.0) | ||
Living situation | |||||||||
Living alone | 622 (38.6) | 437 (37.4) | 185 (42.0) | 0.093c | 352 (37.2) | 126 (43.4) | 59 (39.1) | 85 (38.1) | 0.298c |
Living with others | 988 (61.4) | 732 (62.6) | 256 (58.0) | 594 (62.8) | 164 (56.6) | 92 (60.9) | 138 (61.9) | ||
Smoking | |||||||||
Yes | 118 (7.3) | 94 (8.0) | 24 (5.4) | 0.075c | 72 (7.6) | 14 (4.9) | 10 (6.5) | 22 (9.8) | 0.180c |
No | 1493 (92.7) | 1076 (92.0) | 417 (94.6) | 874 (92.4) | 274 (95.1) | 143 (93.5) | 202 (90.2) | ||
Alcohol risk | |||||||||
Yes | 410 (26.6) | 339 (30.6) | 71 (16.4) | <.001c | 280 (31.1) | 36 (12.7) | 35 (23.6) | 59 (28.4) | <.001c |
No | 1131 (73.4) | 770 (69.4) | 361 (83.6) | 621 (68.9) | 248 (87.3) | 113 (76.4) | 149 (71.6) | ||
Multi-morbidity | |||||||||
Yes | 1460 (90.5) | 1045 (89.3) | 415 (93.7) | 0.008c | 840 (88.7) | 278 (95.9) | 137 (89.5) | 205 (91.9) | 0.003c |
No | 153 (9.5) | 125 (10.7) | 28 (6.3) | 107 (11.3) | 12 (4.1) | 16 (10.5) | 18 (8.1) | ||
Frailty | |||||||||
Yes | 865 (53.8) | 523 (44.8) | 342 (77.6) | <.001c | 393 (41.7) | 240 (83.3) | 102 (66.7) | 130 (58.0) | <.001c |
No | 743 (46.2) | 644 (55.2) | 99 (22.4) | 550 (58.3) | 48 (16.7) | 51 (33.3) | 94 (42.0) | ||
Intervention condition | |||||||||
Yes (intervention group) | 864 (53.5) | 649 (55.4) | 215 (48.5) | 0.013c | 524 (55.3) | 127 (43.8) | 88 (57.5) | 125 (55.8) | 0.003c |
No (control group) | 750 (46.5) | 522 (44.6) | 228 (51.5) | 423 (44.7) | 163 (56.2) | 65 (42.5) | 99 (44.2) | ||