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Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline (n = 140)

From: Physical activity surveillance in the European Union: reliability and validity of the European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ)

  

Total

Men

Women

p-value*

 

N

Median [IQR] or %

Median [IQR] or %

Median [IQR] or %

 

N

 

140

73

67

 

Age (years)

140

54.7 [33.1–69.4]

51.0 [31.6–69.7]

57.6 [38.4–69.0]

0.223

Marital status (% married)

140

55.3

60.3

50.0

0.251

Education (% high school or more)

140

71.6

69.9

73.5

0.639

History of cardiovascular disease (%)

140

32.6

37.0

27.9

0.171

Body mass index (kg/m2)

140

25.1 [22.4–27.9]

25.8 [23.4–28.2]

23.4 [21.1–27.9]

0.017

PWC75% (Watts/kg)

75

82.1 [41.2–112.4]

104.7 [63.2–139.8]

59.3 [39.2–95.5]

<0.001

Self-assessed performance limit (MET)

114

10 [8–12]

12 [10–13]

10 [8–11]

<0.001

Handgrip strength (kg)

140

33.2 [26.5–46.6]

43.2 [35.5–50.9]

27.6 [22.3–30.8]

<0.001

  1. PWC 75% , physical work capacity at 75 %, MET metabolic equivalent, IQR interquartile range
  2. *p-value from Kruskal-Wallis test