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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: The interplay between lying, sitting, standing, moving, and walking on obesity risk in older adults: a compositional and isotemporal substitution analysis

 

Younger group

n = 147

Older group

n = 162

 
 

MEAN

SD

MEAN

SD

p

Age [years]

67.35

2.03

75.73

4.17

< 0.001

Body weight [kg]

77.67

14.84

77.36

13.62

0.852

Body height [cm]

167.84

9.06

166.73

7.74

0.25

Body mass index [kg/m2]

27.52

4.48

27.8

4.43

0.576

BMI CATEGORIES ((N (%))

     

Normal weight

43 (29.2)

46 (28.4)

 

Overweight

68 (46.3)

71 (43.8)

 

Obese

36 (24.5)

45 (27.8)

 

Movement behaviour (24 h)a

     

Lie [min/day]

616.77

100.88

620.10

104.15

0.776

Sit [min/day]

423.50

107.82

439.04

124.62

0.245

Stand [min/day]

205.88

62.39

208.45

71.28

0.738

Move [min/day]

193.84

63.75

172.41

58.55

0.002

• Move-WW [min/day]

101.69

36.38

95.79

35.03

0.149

• Walk [min/day]

92.15

37.13

76.62

34.77

< 0.001

o Slow Walk [min/day]

25.68

13.51

25.24

15.85

0.809

o Fast Walk [min/day]

66.47

30.11

51.38

28.45

< 0.001

  1. SD – standard deviation, BMI – body mass index, p < 0.05, MOVE-WW – move without walk
  2. a Values are presented as robust compositional mean and variance expressing the total variance related to a given time-use component
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