Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to trajectories of physical activity frequency in men
Total men (n = 992,151) | Low (n = 729,353; 73.51%) | Moderate (n = 160,349; 16.16%) | High-to-low (n = 38,917;3.92%) | Low-to-high (n = 34,570;3.48%) | High (n = 28,962;2.92%) | |||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age, mean (SD) | 48.22 (7.48) | 47.86 (7.27) | 48.08 (7.12) | 50.17 (8.55) | 51.74 (8.82) | 51.37 (8.93) | ||||||
Income group (quartile) | ||||||||||||
Missing | 29,129 | 2.94 | 19,347 | 2.65 | 6425 | 4.01 | 1339 | 3.44 | 1141 | 3.30 | 877 | 3.03 |
Q1 | 80,894 | 8.15 | 61,258 | 8.40 | 10,628 | 6.63 | 3387 | 8.70 | 3679 | 10.64 | 1942 | 6.71 |
Q2 | 128,898 | 12.99 | 101,356 | 13.9 | 14,605 | 9.11 | 5051 | 12.98 | 5023 | 14.53 | 2863 | 9.89 |
Q3 | 249,408 | 25.14 | 192,940 | 26.45 | 33,379 | 20.82 | 9070 | 23.31 | 8174 | 23.64 | 5845 | 20.18 |
Q4 | 503,822 | 50.78 | 354,452 | 48.60 | 95,312 | 59.44 | 20,070 | 51.57 | 16,553 | 47.88 | 17,435 | 60.2 |
Frequency of alcohol drinking | ||||||||||||
Missing | 2411 | 0.24 | 1705 | 0.23 | 398 | 0.25 | 83 | 0.21 | 130 | 0.38 | 95 | 0.33 |
Rarely drinking | 303,543 | 30.59 | 223,528 | 30.65 | 46,408 | 28.94 | 12,232 | 31.43 | 12,241 | 35.41 | 9134 | 31.54 |
2–3 times/month | 233,790 | 23.56 | 172,750 | 23.69 | 39,108 | 24.39 | 8323 | 21.39 | 7232 | 20.92 | 6377 | 22.02 |
1–2 times/week | 300,236 | 30.26 | 220,014 | 30.17 | 51,587 | 32.17 | 11,238 | 28.88 | 9177 | 26.55 | 8220 | 28.38 |
3–4 times/week | 108,266 | 10.91 | 78,876 | 10.81 | 17,824 | 11.12 | 4564 | 11.73 | 3665 | 10.60 | 3337 | 11.52 |
Almost everyday | 43,905 | 4.43 | 32,480 | 4.45 | 5024 | 3.13 | 2477 | 6.36 | 2125 | 6.15 | 1799 | 6.21 |
Smoking status | ||||||||||||
Missing | 3975 | 0.40 | 2800 | 0.38 | 656 | 0.41 | 137 | 0.35 | 212 | 0.61 | 170 | 0.59 |
Never smoker | 387,765 | 39.08 | 275,028 | 37.71 | 66,394 | 41.41 | 17,033 | 43.77 | 15,576 | 45.06 | 13,734 | 47.42 |
Former smoker | 181,538 | 18.30 | 124,731 | 17.10 | 35,768 | 22.31 | 8228 | 21.14 | 6078 | 17.58 | 6733 | 23.25 |
Current smoker | 418,873 | 42.22 | 326,794 | 44.81 | 57,531 | 35.88 | 13,519 | 34.74 | 12,704 | 36.75 | 8325 | 28.74 |
BMI group | ||||||||||||
Missing | 363 | 0.04 | 263 | 0.04 | 67 | 0.04 | 13 | 0.03 | 15 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.02 |
Underweight | 15,784 | 1.59 | 13,489 | 1.85 | 1233 | 0.77 | 402 | 1.03 | 452 | 1.31 | 208 | 0.72 |
Normal | 324,246 | 32.68 | 251,733 | 34.51 | 42,951 | 26.79 | 11,501 | 29.55 | 10,276 | 29.73 | 7785 | 26.88 |
Overweight | 292,618 | 29.49 | 212,012 | 29.07 | 49,704 | 31.00 | 11,798 | 30.32 | 10,049 | 29.07 | 9055 | 31.27 |
Obesity | 359,140 | 36.20 | 251,856 | 34.53 | 66,394 | 41.41 | 15,203 | 39.07 | 13,778 | 39.86 | 11,909 | 41.12 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||||||||||||
0 | 978,354 | 98.61 | 719,590 | 98.66 | 158,072 | 98.58 | 38,285 | 98.38 | 33,907 | 98.08 | 28,500 | 98.40 |
≥ 1 | 13,797 | 1.39 | 9763 | 1.34 | 2277 | 1.42 | 632 | 1.62 | 663 | 1.92 | 462 | 1.60 |