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Table 1 Description of the study population

From: Prospective analysis of time out-of-home and objectively measured walking duration during a week in a large cohort of older adults

Included participants, N

1289

Women, N (%)

565 (43.8%)

Age in years (Mean (SD))

75.4 (6.5)

Marital status, N (%):

 Married

842 (65.4%)

 Single

49 (3.8%)

 Divorced/separated

85 (6.6%)

 Widowed

311 (24.2%)

Education level, N (%):

 Lower education (< 10 years)

727 (57.1%)

 Higher education (≥10 years)

546 (42.9%)

Functional comorbidity index (Mean (SD))

2.6 (1.7)

Gait speed in m/s (Mean (SD))

1.0 (0.3)

Lubben social network scale: isolated N (%)

332 (25.9%)

Included days, N

7243

Time out-of-home per day in minutes (Mean (SD))

227.0 (170.9)

Walking duration per day in minutes (Mean (SD))

104.0 (49.4)

Walking duration per day in minutes stratified by the frequency of leaving home per day (Mean (SD))

- Did not leave home (Mean (SD))

49.3 (30.3)

- Once (Mean (SD))

90.3 (43.5)

- Twice (Mean (SD))

110.5 (44.0)

- 3 times (Mean (SD))

125.7 (47.7)

- 4 times (Mean (SD))

141.6 (49.6)

Daily maximum temperature in °C (Mean (SD))

12.2 (9.7)

Daily rain in mm/hour (Mean (SD))

1.9 (4.3)

  1. SD standard deviation