Characteristics of British men without pre-existing CVD or heart failure, by quartile of daily minutes spent in MVPA, measured in 2010–2012 (n=1274)
| Mean (SD) or % (n) | Quartile of MVPA (min/day) | P (trend) | All men | n | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 0.4 to <3.1 | ≥3.1 to <30.8 | ≥30.8 to <53.5 | ≥53.5 | ||||
| n | 291* | 308* | 340* | 335* | 1274 | ||
| Age (years) | 81.0 (5.0) | 78.7 (4.7) | 77.8 (4.0) | 76.5 (3.5) | <0.0001 | 78.4 (4.6) | 1274 |
| Manual social class, % (n) | 52 (150) | 45 (139) | 45 (154) | 46 (151) | 0.29† | 46.9 (594) | 1266 |
| Lives alone, % (n) | 23 (65) | 19 (59) | 19 (62) | 16 (52) | 0.18† | 19.0 (238) | 1256 |
| Smoker, % (n) | 6.6 (19) | 4.6 (14) | 1.5 (5) | 2.1 (7) | 0.002‡ | 3.6 (45) | 1257 |
| Alcohol (units per week) | 5.2 (7.3) | 6.0 (7.7) | 6.8 (7.5) | 7.2 (7.9) | <0.0001 | 6.4 (7.6) | 1240 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.2 (4.6) | 27.4 (3.6) | 26.9 (3.6) | 26.1 (3.1) | <0.0001 | 27.1 (3.8) | 1263 |
| Sleep per night (hours) | 6.8 (1.5) | 6.9 (1.4) | 6.8 (1.3) | 6.9 (1.2) | 0.32 | 6.9 (1.4) | 1245 |
| Mobility disability present, % (n) | 48.8 (139) | 14.3 (44) | 7.2 (24) | 6.4 (21) | <0.0001 | 18.2 (228) | 1253 |
| Total activity (counts per minute) | 61 669 (24 590) | 113 645 (23 416) | 171 554 (29 976) | 294 370 (83 994) | <0.0001 | 164 749 (99 271) | 1274 |
| Steps/day | 1895 (883) | 3646 (832) | 5302 (1022) | 8401 (2370) | <0.0001 | 4938 (2794) | 1274 |
| % time spent sedentary | 81.8 (6.7) | 75.1 (5.6) | 70.4 (5.7) | 63.0 (7.5) | <0.0001 | 72.2 (9.3) | 1274 |
| % time LIPA | 17.3 (6.5) | 22.2 (5.5) | 24.8 (5.7) | 27.3 (6.5) | <0.0001 | 23.1 (7.0) | 1274 |
| % time MVPA | 0.8 (0.4) | 2.6 (0.6) | 4.8 (0.8) | 9.7 (3.1) | <0.0001 | 4.7 (3.7) | 1274 |
| Sedentary behaviour (min/day) | 676 (76) | 638 (65) | 607 (68) | 552 (76) | <0.0001 | 616 (84) | 1274 |
| LIPA (min/day) | 144 (56) | 189 (50) | 214 (52) | 239 (61) | <0.0001 | 199 (65) | 1274 |
| MVPA (min/day) | 6.9 (3.7) | 22.3 (4.8) | 41.4 (6.5) | 84.7 (26.9) | <0.0001 | 40 (33) | 1274 |
| Sedentary breaks (median, IQR)§ | 5.8 (4.6–6.8) | 6.8 (5.9–7.9) | 7.4 (6.5–8.7) | 8.4 (6.9–9.6) | <0.0001 | 7.0 (5.9–8.5) | 1274 |
*Maximum n in quartile varies slightly with missing covariate data.
†Pearson χ2 test.
‡Fisher’s exact test.
§Median and IQR of the number of breaks in sedentary time per hour.
BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; LIPA, light physical activity; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity.