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Table 1 Demographics of the four groups classified by the change in exercise habit

From: Decreased daily exercise since the COVID-19 pandemic and the deterioration of health-related quality of life in the elderly population: a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Unchanged

Decreased

Increased

No exercise habit

p-value

Numbers

14,494

8410 (58.1)

4321 (29.8)

483 (3.3)

1280 (8.8)

 

Age

     

 < 0.001

  65–70

4902 (33.8)

2677 (31.8)*

1576 (36.5)*

202 (41.9)*

447 (34.9)

 

  71–75

4224 (29.1)

2426 (28.8)

1291 (29.9)

134 (27.7)

373 (29.1)

 

  76–80

2802 (19.3)

1720 (20.5)*

801 (18.5)

79 (16.4)

202 (15.8)*

 

  81–85

1599 (11.0)

992 (11.8)*

421 (9.7)*

50 (10.4)

136 (10.6)

 

  86-

967 (6.7)

595 (7.1)*

232 (5.4)*

18 (3.7)*

122 (9.5)*

 

Sex

     

 < 0.001

  Male

6665 (46.0)

4416 (52.5)*

1520 (35.2)*

230 (47.6)

499 (39.0)*

 

  Female

7829 (54.0)

3994 (47.5)*

2801 (64.8)*

253 (52.4)

781 (61.0)*

 

Height (cm)

158.9 ± 8.9

159.7 ± 9.0

157.8 ± 8.6

159.4 ± 8.6

157.5 ± 9.0

 < 0.001#

Weight (kg)

58.2 ± 11.0

58.5 ± 11.0

57.3 ± 10.8

59.0 ± 10.9

58.1 ± 11.9

 < 0.001#

BMI

22.9 ± 3.4

22.8 ± 3.3

22.9 ± 3.3

23.1 ± 3.3

23.3 ± 4.0

 < 0.001#

Symptoms

      

  Back pain

3462 (23.9)

1657 (19.7)*

1277 (29.6)*

149 (30.8)*

379 (29.6)*

 < 0.001

  Joint pain

1291 (8.9)

546 (6.5)*

531 (12.3)*

51 (10.6)

163 (12.7)*

 < 0.001

  Numbness

708 (4.9)

322 (3.8)*

248 (5.7)*

37 (7.7)*

101 (7.9)*

 < 0.001

ADL

     

 < 0.001

  Grade J

12,509 (86.3)

7200 (85.6)*

3910 (90.5)*

433 (89.6)*

966 (75.5)*

 

  Grade A, B, C

909 (6.3)

493 (5.9)*

209 (4.8)*

13 (2.7)*

194 (15.2)*

 

  Missing

1076 (7.4)

717 (8.5)

202 (4.7)

37 (7.7)

120 (9.4)

 
  1. Continuous variables were presented with an average ± 1.0 standard deviation. Figure in parentheses indicates the percentage. #One-way analysis of variance; †Chi-squared test; *p < 0.05, residual analysis; BMI body mass index, ADL Activity of daily living