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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the FINGER participants with available physical activity data at both baseline and the 2-year follow-up

From: Impaired sleep, depressive symptoms, and pain as determinants of physical activity and exercise intervention adherence: an exploratory analysis of a randomized clinical trial

 

Intervention Group

N = 546

Control Group

N = 554

p-value

Physically active ≥ 2 times a week

N = 786

Physically active < 2 times a week

N = 314

p value

Age, mean (SD)

68.9 (4.6)

68.5 (4.7)

0.172

68.8 (4.7)

68.5 (4.59)

0.301

Sex, female n (%)

242 (44.3%)

265 (47.8%)

0.243

371 (47.2%)

136 (43.3%)

0.243

Education years, mean (SD)

10.0 (3.5)

10.1 (3.5)

0.816

10.0 (3.4)

10.1 (3.5)

0.986

Body mass index, mean (SD)

28.2 (4.5)

28.0 (5.0)

0.546

27.8 (4.4)

29.2 (5.4)

< 0.001

Self-rated health

      

Poor self-rated health, n (%)

18 (3.3%)

18 (3.3%)

0.492

6 (0.8%)

30 (9.6%)

< 0.001

Average self-rated health, n (%)

204 (37.6%)

189 (34.2%)

 

257 (32.9%)

136 (43.3%)

 

Excellent or good self-rated health, n (%)

321 (59.1%)

346 (62.6%)

 

519 (66.4%)

148 (47.1%)

 

Cognition (NTB total score), mean (SD)

-0.02 (0.56)

0.05 (0.58)

0.039

0.01 (0.57)

0.02 (0.59)

0.845

Physical activity at least 2 times a week, n (%)

383 (70.2%)

403 (72.7%)

0.340

   

Average sleep duration during the night

      

Sleep duration of < 6 h

33 (6.0%)

21 (3.8%)

0.532

39 (5.0%)

15 (4.8%)

0.084

Sleep duration of 6–7 h

85 (15.6%)

88 (16.0%)

 

111 (14.2%)

62 (19.8%)

 

Sleep duration of 7–8 h

190 (34.9%)

197 (35.7%)

 

292 (37.2%)

95 (30.4%)

 

Sleep duration of 8–9 h

188 (34.5%)

199 (36.0%)

 

277 (35.3%)

110 (35.1%)

 

Sleep duration of ≥ 9 h

49 (9.0%)

47 (8.5%)

 

65 (8.3%)

31 (9.9%)

 

Sleep quality index, mean (SD)

25.2 (17.0)

26.0 (17.2)

0.452

24.3 (15.7)

38.8 (19.6)

< 0.001

Depressive symptoms, mean (SD)

34.0 (7.7)

33.8 (7.1)

0.614

33.2 (7.1)

35.6 (7.9)

< 0.001

Bodily pain, mean (SD)

25.3 (22.2)

25.0 (21.3)

0.796

23.6 (20.3)

29.1 (24.7)

0.002

*At least 66% exercise intervention adherence (intervention group only), n (%)

304 (48.2%)

  

233 (53.4%)

69 (36.5%)

< 0.001

  1. NTB = Neuropsychological test battery
  2. Numbers are means (SD), unless otherwise specified. P-values are shown from t-test for normally distributed variables and Mann-Whitney test for non-normally distributed variables (Sleep quality and Bodily pain), and chi square test for categorical variables. * Exercise adherence in the intervention group was defined as the percentage of participation in the offered gym sessions. Participants were considered adherent if they attended at least 66% of the exercise training sessions. The table shows number (%) of adherent participants
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BMC Geriatrics

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