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Table 1 Descriptive Characteristics of Participants With ≥5 Years of Follow-up by Total Physical Activity, NHANES, 2003–2006

From: Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time in a cohort of US adults followed for up to 13 years: the influence of removing early follow-up on associations with mortality

 Total (n = 3542)Q1 CPM (n = 884)Q2 CPM (n = 887)Q3 CPM (n = 885)Q4 CPM (n = 886)
Age (years)56.1 (11.4)65.3 (13.6)56.9 (10.9)54.4 (9.4)50.6 (7.7)
Sex (% female)5465605737
BMI kg/m2)28.7 (6.0)29.9 (7.5)29.5 (6.7)28.7 (5.3)27.2 (4.5)
Overweight (%)3838343841
Obese (%)3440393425
Education (%)
  < High School1521141215
 High School (including GED)2629262625
  > High School5950606261
Race/ethnicity (%)
 Mexican-American53467
 Non-Hispanic White7881787878
 Non-Hispanic Black91010108
 Other77877
Smoking (%)
 Never4946505247
 Former3236302933
 Current1918202020
Alcohol consumption (%)
 Never101612115
 Former2028191915
 Current6553646575
 Missing54664
 Married/living with partner (% yes)7363717579
 Mobility limitations (% yes)11221384
 No. of medical conditions0.38 (0.79)0.78 (1.21)0.39 (0.79)0.31 (0.62)0.17 (0.49)
 Total physical activity (CPM)297 (140)134 (39)222 (22)302 (26)473 (106)
 Light physical activity (min/day)a333 (89)236 (64)308 (55)353 (61)401 (79)
 Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (min/day)a21.6 (21.3)3.7 (4.0)10.9 (6.8)20.0 (9.4)45.0 (22.7)
 Sedentary time (hrs/day)a8.2 (1.6)10.1 (1.5)8.8 (0.9)7.9 (0.9)6.7 (1.3)
  1. Mean (SD) unless stated otherwise. CPM counts/min, Q Quartile, BMI Body mass index
  2. aCalculated as % wear-time in activity/sedentary domain multiplied with mean wear-time of sample