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Table 1 Characteristics of the participating older adults by latent class

From: Profiles of physical activity biographies in relation to life and aging satisfaction in older adults: longitudinal findings

 

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

  1. Note. N = 419. M = Mean. SD = Standard Deviation. PA = Physical activity
  2. 1 Total refers to values derived from the structural equation model. 2 Manifest mean values. 3 Five or more conditions; the empirical range of conditions was 0–12, which was coded 0–4 (multimorbidity absent) or 5–12 (multimorbidity present)