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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, categorized by LPTA at study entry

From: Association of socioeconomic status measures with physical activity and subsequent frailty in older adults

Variable

LPTA categories

P value

Inactive

(n = 734)

Insufficiently active

(n = 506)

Sufficiently active

(n = 559)

Age, years, mean (SD)

75.1 (6.6)

74.8 (6.0)

73.9 (5.8)

0.002*

Female, n (%)

439 (59.8)

284 (56.1)

235 (42.0)

 < 0.001

Employment, n (%)

176 (23.9)

106 (20.9)

113 (20.2)

0.097

Living alone n (%)

183 (24.9)

122 (24.1)

122 (21.8)

0.417

Married, n (%)

427 (58.5)

310 (61.6)

403 (73.1)

 < 0.001

Self-rated health- good/ very good, n (%)

296 (40.3)

281 (55.5)

409 (73.2)

 < 0.001

Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

296 (40.3)

171 (33.8)

180 (32.2)

0.002

Hypertension, n (%)

288 (40.1)

209 (41.6)

254 (45.7)

0.127

Comorbidities, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

0

75 (10.2)

68 (13.4)

82 (14.7)

 

1–3

538 (73.3)

366 (72.3)

435 (77.8)

 

 ≥ 4

121 (16.5)

72 (14.2)

42 (7.5)

 

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

30.3 (5.4)

29.1 (4.5)

28.0 (4.0)

 < 0.001**

Adjusted MMSE score, mean (SD)

30.5 (3.6)

30.8 (3.8)

30.8 (3.8)

0.213

No functional limitations*, n (%)

514 (70.0)

445 (88.0)

533 (95.3)

 < 0.001

GHQ score, mean (SD)

6.8 (5.5)

6.7 (2.8)

5.6 (3.1)

0.034

  1. Values are expressed as n (%) or mean ± SD.* According to Katz's ADL score ≤ 6
  2. Abbreviations: LPTA leisure time physical activity, BMI body mass index, MMSE mini-mental state examination, GHQ general health questionnaire
  3. *ANOVA post-hoc analyses (Bonferroni) significant < 0.05 difference between Inactive and Insufficiently active Vs. Sufficiently active LPTA categories
  4. **ANOVA post-hoc analyses (Bonferroni) significant < 0.05 difference between all 3 LPTA categories