Table 4 Baseline sociodemographic and health characteristics according to trajectories of physical activity
Total | Low-PA-decreasers | Moderate-PA-decreasers | High-PA-decreasers | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 3209 | n = 1244 (39%) | n = 593 (18%) | n = 1372 (43%) | ||
Outcomes | |||||
Quality of life (mean, SD) | 65.8 (14.1) | 62.4 (14.7) | 66.8 (13.4) | 68.2 (13.1) | < 0.01 |
Disability (mean, SD) | 16.6 (18.6) | 27.3 (20.8) | 13.3 (15.9) | 9.3 (12.8) | < 0.01 |
All-cause mortality (%) | 20.9 | 27.7 | 21.7 | 8.3 | < 0.01 |
Health and sociodemographics | |||||
Sex (female = 1) (%) | 61.7 | 74.3 | 79.6 | 38.6 | < 0.01 |
Age (mean, SD) | 67.5 (10.3) | 72.7 (8.3) | 65.6 (7.8) | 60.6 (9.1) | < 0.01 |
Years of formal education (mean, SD) | 5.1 (4.4) | 3.7 (3.7) | 4.6 (4.4) | 5.6 (4.5) | < 0.01 |
Frailty (%) | |||||
Non-frail | 44.8 | 53.8 | 44.4 | 36.2 | |
Prefrail | 25.1 | 23.0 | 25.6 | 26.7 | |
Frail | 30.1 | 23.2 | 30.0 | 37.1 | < 0.01 |
Sarcopenia (%) | 14.1 | 22.1 | 9.8 | 7.7 | < 0.01 |
Body Mass Index (mean, SD -kg/m2) | 28.3 (5.4) | 28.5 (5.5) | 28.8 (5.9) | 27.8 (4.6) | < 0.01 |
Multimorbidity (%) | 55.5 | 69.3 | 56.9 | 40.3 | < 0.01 |
Health insurance (%) | 71.1 | 72.8 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 0.72 |
Socioeconomic status (assets index) (mean, SD) | −0.03 (1.17) | −0.23 (1.12) | − 0.04 (1.16) | 0.03 (1.18) | < 0.01 |