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Table 2 7-day hip-accelerometry resultsa by age, sex, education and body mass index groups in 1201 LASA participants

From: Daily sedentary time and physical activity as assessed by accelerometry and their correlates in older adults

 

Wear time (min)

Sedentary (%)

Light-low (%)

Light-high (%)

MVPA (%)

Age categories

 <65 years

877 (867-886)

63.2 (62.2-64.1)

26.0 (25.4-26.6)

8.5 (8.1-8.9)

2.8 (2.6-3.0)

 65-70 years

850 (841-859)

64.5 (63.7-65.4)

25.3 (24.7-25.9)

7.8 (7.4-8.2)

2.7 (2.5-2.9)

 70-75 years

852 (841-863)

64.5 (63.5-65.6)

25.5 (24.7-26.2)

7.7 (7.2-8.2)

2.1 (1.8-2.3)

 75-80 years

838 (825-850)

65.7 (65.5-66.9)

24.4 (23.6-25.3)

7.5 (6.9-8.1 )

2.0 (1.7-2.3)

 ≥80 years

807 (794-820)

71.4 (70.1-72.6)

21.3 (20.4-22.2)

5.0 (4.4-5.6)

1.7 (1.4-2.0)

P-trend

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Sex

 Men

853 (846-860)

67.1 (66.4-67.8)

23.4 (23.0-23.9)

7.1 (6.7-7.4)

2.9 (2.7-3.0)

 Women

847 (840-854)

63.6 (62.9-64.3)

26.1 (25.7-26.6)

7.9 (7.6-8.2)

1.9 (1.7-2.0)

P-trend

0.260

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Education

 Low

845 (837-853)

63.8 (63.0-64.6)

25.6 (25.0-26.1)

8.2 (7.8-8.6)

2.1 (2.2-2.3)

 Middle

847 (839-854)

65.3 (64.6-66.0)

24.9 (24.4-25.4)

7.4 (7.1-7.8)

2.1 (2.2-2.4)

 High

858 (849-867)

66.9 (66.0-67.8)

23.9 (23.3-24.5)

6.8 (6.4-7.2)

2.9 (2.7-3.1)

P-trend

0.073

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

BMI categories

 Underweightb

853 (840-865)

64.9 (64.7-66.1)

25.8 (25.0-26.7)

6.8 (6.3-7.4)

2.7 (2.4-3.0)

 Normal

854 (848-860)

64.7 (64.1-65.3)

25.3 (24.9-25.7)

7.7 (7.4-7.9)

2.4 (2.3-2.6)

 Overweight

840 (829-850)

66.4 (65.3-67.4)

23.6 (22.9-24.3)

7.6 (7.1-8.1)

2.0 (1.7-2.2)

 Obese

828 (805-849)

69.3 (67.2-71.5)

21.1 (19.7-22.6)

7.2 (6.2-8.2)

1.9 (1.3-2.4)

P-trend

0.033

<0.001

<0.001

0.069

<0.001

  1. Analyzed with analysis of covariance with 95% confidence intervals. Significant P < 0.05 when no overlap occurs in 95% confidence interval between categories. aAdjusted for all other variables listed in table plus MVPA, except for MVPA, which was adjusted for all variables listed plus sedentary time. bBMI underweight: < 70 years < 18.5 kg/m2, ≥ 70 years < 20 kg/m2