NNPAS | ABC | EPIC-Norfolk | BRHS | ||||
Women (n=1050) | Men (n=875) | Women (n=432) | Men (n=338) | Women (n=2658) | Men (n=2009) | Men (n=940) | |
Age, mean (SD), years | 54.9 (10.5) | 55.4 (9.9) | 52.6 (10.2) | 52.5 (10.5) | 68.2 (6.99) | 69.0 (7.1) | 78.2 (4.4) |
Counts/min, mean (SD) | 331 (131) | 341 (147) | 342 (216) | 360 (295) | 255 (107) | 272 (129) | 195 (108) |
LPA/day, mean (SD), % of wear time | 34.6 (8.0) | 31.4 (8.3) | 38.8 (9.3) | 37.2 (9.8) | 32.4 (7.6) | 28.9 (7.5) | 26.3 (8.2) |
MVPA/day, mean (SD), % of wear time | 3.9 (2.6) | 4.3 (2.9) | 3.4 (3.0) | 3.9 (3.1) | 3.6 (2.57) | 4.4 (3.2) | 2.0 (2.1) |
Sedentary time/day, mean (SD), % of wear time | 61.6 (8.7) | 64.3 (9.0) | 57.7 (10.2) | 58.8 (11.0) | 64.0 (8.7) | 66.7 (8.9) | 71.8 (9.1) |
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 25.2 (4.2) | 26.4 (3.4) | 25.4 (3.8) | 25.8 (2.9) | 26.4 (4.25) | 26.9 (3.6) | 27.1 (3.7) |
Waist circumference, mean (SD), cm | ni | ni | ni | ni | 89.1 (11.09) | 99.8 (10.0) | 99.8 (10.7) |
BMI ≥30 kg/m2, n (%) | 122 (11.6) | 111 (12.7) | 50 (11.6) | 27 (8.0) | 476 (17.9) | 337 (16.8) | 178 (18.9) |
Smoking, n (%) | |||||||
Never | 483 (46.0) | 400 (45.7) | 177 (40.9) | 147 (43.6) | 1581 (59.5) | 879 (43.8) | 413 (43.9) |
Former | 361 (34.4) | 342 (39.1) | 133 (30.7) | 122 (36.2) | 919 (34.6) | 1016 (50.6) | 489 (52.0) |
Current | 206 (19.6) | 133 (15.2) | 123 (28.4) | 68 (20.2) | 158 (5.9) | 114 (5.7) | 38 (4.0) |
Ethnicity, n (%)* | |||||||
White | ni | ni | ni | ni | 2644 (99.8) | 1992 (99.5) | 916 (99.5) |
Black | ni | ni | ni | ni | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
Other | ni | ni | ni | ni | 5 (0.2) | 8 (0.4) | 4 (0.4) |
| FHS | REGARDS | NHANES | WHS | |||
Women (n=1628) | Men (n=1381) | Women (n=3649) | Men (n=2732) | Women (n=1453) | Men (n=1379) | Women (n=13 968) | |
Age, mean (SD), years | 56.2 (11.3) | 55.5 (10.7) | 67.8 (8.6) | 69.3 (8.3) | 55.5 (11.0) | 53.4 (10.1) | 71.7 (5.5) |
Counts/min, mean (SD) | 151 (124) | 167 (118) | 86 (64.3) | 109 (80) | 280 (121) | 343 (153) | 225 (103) |
LPA/day, mean (SD), % of wear time | 21.1 (6.7) | 21.8 (7.5) | 16.8 (7.6) | 17.9 (7.7) | 40.4 (9.9) | 39.5 (11.1) | 32.2 (8.4) |
MVPA/day, mean (SD), % of wear time | 1.9 (2.3) | 2.2 (2.3) | 0.8 (1.3) | 1.2 (1.8) | 2.1 (2.1) | 3.5 (2.9) | 1.7 (1.9) |
Sedentary time/day, mean (SD), % of wear time | 77.1 (7.5) | 76.1 (8.2) | 82.4 (8.1) | 80.9 (8.4) | 57.5 (10.6) | 57.0 (12.1) | 66.1 (9.1) |
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 27.4 (5.8) | 28.9 (4.7) | 29.0 (6.3) | 28.3 (4.7) | 28.9 (6.8) | 28.7 (4.9) | 26.4 (4.9) |
Waist circumference, mean (SD), cm | 94.5 (14.5) | 103.0 (12.3) | 89.5 (14.9) | 98.4 (12.0) | 95.3 (14.7) | 103.1 (12.9) | ni |
BMI ≥30 kg/m2, n (%) | 426 (26.2) | 460 (33.3) | 1350 (37.0) | 787 (28.8) | 500 (34.4) | 455 (33.0) | 2775 (19.9) |
Smoking, n (%) | |||||||
Never | 862 (52.9) | 782 (56.6) | 2098 (57.5) | 1150 (42.1) | 847 (58.3) | 575 (41.7) | 7112 (50.9) |
Former | 641 (39.4) | 506 (36.6) | 1179 (32.3) | 1303 (47.7) | 371 (25.5) | 476 (34.5) | 6379 (45.7) |
Current | 125 (7.7) | 93 (6.7) | 372 (10.2) | 281 (10.3) | 235 (16.2) | 328 (23.8) | 477 (3.4) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||||
White | 1461 (89.7) | 1261 (91.3) | 2354 (64.5) | 1987 (72.7) | 1101 (75.8) | 1070 (77.6) | 13 290 (95.2) |
Black | 52 (3.2) | 24 (1.7) | 1295 (35.5) | 745 (27.3) | 148 (10.2) | 127 (9.2) | 224 (1.6) |
Other | 115 (7.1) | 96 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 203 (14.0) | 182 (13.2) | 454 (3.2) |
All studies used a version of the ActiGraph accelerometers, except REGARDS and FHS which used Actical accelerometers.
*Numbers may not sum to total sample due to missing data.
ABC, Sweden Attitude, Behaviour and Change study; BMI, body mass index; BRHS, British Regional Heart Study; EPIC-Norfolk, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Norfolk; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; LPA, light-intensity physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Study; ni, no information; NNPAS, Norwegian National Physical Activity Survey; REGARDS, REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke; WHS, Women’s Health Study.