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Table 1 Characteristics of the participating older adults by latent class
| Total1 | Increasingly active | Consistently active | Consistently inactive | Decreasingly active | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | 419 | 147 (35) | 103 (25) | 75 (18) | 94 (22) | |
| Variable | M (SD) | Empirical scale range | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) |
| Age | 66.6 (5.0) | 60.0–95.0 | 67.3 (31.7) | 66.7 (31.9) | 66.4 (14.3) | 66.2 (20.7) |
| Gender, female | 1.5 (0.5) | 1.0–2.0 | 1.3 (0.2) | 1.5 (0.3) | 1.6 (0.3) | 1.5 (0.3) |
| Higher education, n (%) | 269 (64.2) | 0.0–1.0 | 88 (59.9) | 57 (55.3) | 54 (72.0) | 70 (74.5) |
| Multimorbidity3, n (%) | 277 (66.1) | 0.0–1.0 | 95 (64.6) | 76 (73.8) | 45 (60.0) | 61 (64.9) |
| Current PA | 0.6 (0.9) | 0.0–5.5 | 0.7 (0.8) | 0.7 (1.0) | 0.5 (0.8) | 0.4 (0.2) |
| PA biography | ||||||
| Youth | 4.4 (1.4) | 0.0–1.0 | 3.3 (1.0) | 5.4 (1.0) | 3.4 (1.0) | 5.0 (1.0) |
| 30 years | 3.9 (1.4) | 0.0–1.0 | 2.8 (0.8) | 5.3 (0.8) | 2.4 (0.8) | 4.4 (0.8) |
| 50 years | 3.9 (1.4) | 0.0–1.0 | 3.9 (0.8) | 5.4 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.8) | 3.7 (0.8) |
| 60 years | 4.2 (1.4) | 0.0–1.0 | 4.7 (0.8) | 5.3 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.8) |
| Satisfaction | ||||||
| Life satisfaction | 4.4 (0.9) | 1.5–5.3 | 4.4 (0.9) | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.1 (0.9) | 4.2 (1.0) |
| Aging satisfaction | 4.2 (0.9) | 1.6–6.0 | 4.2 (0.9) | 4.4 (0.8) | 3.9 (1.0) | 4.2 (0.9) |
| Non-agitation | 4.0 (0.9)2 | 1.0–5.0 | 4.1 (0.8)2 | 4.2 (0.8)2 | 3.7 (1.0)2 | 3.9 (0.9)2 |
