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Table 2 Baseline characteristics, across baseline LTPA categories, among T2 participants

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

Baseline variable

LTPA categories

P value

Inactive

(n = 191)

Insufficiently active

(n = 178)

Sufficiently active

(n = 232)

Age, years, mean (SD)

72.0 (4.8)

72.4 (4.7)

71.7 (4.5)

0.301

Female, n (%)

127 (66.5)

109 (61.2)

100 ((43.1

 < 0.001

Living alone n (%)

40 (20.9)

41 (23.0)

31 (13.4)

0.027

Employment, n (%)

34 (18.0)

67 (37.6)

90 (38.8)

 < 0.001

Married, n (%)

126 (66.0)

127 (71.3)

190 (81.9)

 < 0.001

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

105 (55.0)

124 (69.7)

201 (86.6)

 < 0.001

Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

50 (26.2)

40 (22.5)

62 (26.7)

0.516

Hypertension, n (%)

102 (53.4)

99 (55.6)

126 (54.3)

0.885

Comorbidities, n (%)

   

0.346

0

21 (11.0)

19 (10.7)

31 (13.4)

 

1–3

150 (94.2)

147 (82.6)

188 (81.0)

 

 ≥ 4

20 (10.5)

12 (6.7)

13 (5.6)

 

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

30.1 (4.8)

29.0 (4.0)

28.1 (3.9)

 < 0.001*

Adjusted MMSE score, mean (SD)

31.0 (4.3)

30.8 (2.8)

31.2 (2.8)

0.543

No functional limitations, n (%)

164 (85.9)

173 (97.2)

229 (98.7)

 < 0.001

GHQ score, mean (SD)

4.6 (3.9)

4.6 (3.5)

4.0 (3.4)

0.186

  1. Values are expressed as n (%) or mean ± SD
  2. Abbreviations: LPTA leisure time physical activity, BMI body mass index, MMSE mini-mental state examination
  3. *ANOVA post-hoc analyses (froni) significant < 0.05 difference between Inactive Vs. Insufficiently active And Sufficiently active LPTA categories