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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study sample (= 153)

From: The effect of mere measurement from a cardiovascular examination program on physical activity and sedentary time in an adult population

  

n

Mean (SD) or median (IQR) or n (%)

Sex

Women

153

98 (64.1%)

Age (years)

 

153

54.5 (SD 6.2)

Education (years)

 

150

 

<  10

 

12 (8.0%)

= 10

 

102 (68.0%)

>  10

 

36 (24.0%)

Employment

 

150

 

Full-time or part-time

 

103 (68.7%)

Not regularly

 

16 (10.7%)

Not employed

 

31 (20.7%)

Current partnership

yes

153

108 (70.6%)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 

152

 

<  25

 

42 (27.6%)

≥ 25 and < 30

 

58 (38.2%)

≥ 30

 

52 (34.2%)

Season

 

153

 

winter

 

17 (11.1%)

spring

 

127 (83.0%)

summer

 

9 (5.9%)

Recruitment

 

153

 

General practices

 

56 (36.6%)

Job centers

 

34 (22.2%)

Health insurance

 

63 (41.2%)

Leisure-time physical activity (MET-hours/week)

122

15.6 (IQR 3.3; 33.1)

Transport-related physical activity (MET-hours/week)

131

13.1 (IQR 2.2; 26.2)

Overall sedentary time (hours/week)

138

40.0 (IQR 28.5; 56.0)

  1. Notes: n number of subjects, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, MET metabolic equivalent of task