Table. 1 Age-standardised characteristics of the study population at baseline by quartiles of physical activity (self-reported).
Gender-specific quartile of subjective physical activity (MET-minutes/week of MVPA); n = 350,512 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Quartile lowest PA | 2nd Quartile | 3rd Quartile | 4th Quartile highest PA | Missing values | |
Number of participants | 87,705 | 87,680 | 87,632 | 87,495 | |
Gender | 0 | ||||
Women (%) | 50.6 | 50.9 | 50.8 | 51.0 | |
Age (years) | 55.9 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 0 |
MET-minutes per week of MVPA | 419.0 | 1286.2 | 2571.8 | 6362.2 | 0 |
Grip strength (kg) | 30.9 | 31.6 | 32.0 | 32.2 | 0 |
Sedentary behaviour (h/d) | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0 |
Region | 0 | ||||
England | 88.3 | 88.3 | 88.6 | 89.5 | |
Wales | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
Scotland | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.6 | |
Education | 1999 | ||||
University/College | 37.3 | 41.3 | 39.0 | 28.1 | |
A-/AS-levels, NVQ, HND, HNC, equivalent, other professional qualification | 23.4 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 24.6 | |
O-levels, CSEs, equivalent | 26.0 | 24.4 | 25.6 | 30.0 | |
None of the above | 13.3 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 17.3 | |
Smoking (pack years) | 7.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6452 |
Alcohol (g/d) | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 49,841 |
Coffee (cups/d) | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 153 |
Standing height (cm) | 169.3 | 169.5 | 169.4 | 168.9 | 309 |
Overall health rating | 812 | ||||
Excellent | 12.1 | 17.5 | 22.0 | 22.7 | |
Good | 55.1 | 60.8 | 60.3 | 59.3 | |
Fair | 25.5 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 16.0 | |
Poor | 7.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | |
UV sensitivity score category | 9757 | ||||
Low UV sensitivity | 42.3 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | |
High UV sensitivity | 57.7 | 57.1 | 56.0 | 54.0 | |
Time spent outdoors summer (h/d) | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 7497 |
Sunburn occasions in childhood | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 75,150 |
Solarium/Sunlamp use (%) | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 1675 |
Season during baseline assessment | 0 | ||||
Spring | 28.7 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 28.7 | |
Summer | 24.8 | 25.6 | 26.7 | 28.1 | |
Autumn | 23.7 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 24.1 | |
Winter | 22.8 | 21.7 | 20.7 | 19.1 | |
Job with UV exposure (%)a | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 16.5 | 5 |
