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Table 1 Characteristics of the European-Dutch, South Asian-Surinamese, and African-Surinamese men and women included in this study

From: The association of leisure-time physical activity and active commuting with measures of socioeconomic position in a multiethnic population living in the Netherlands: results from the cross-sectional SUNSET study

 

Men

Women

European-Dutch

South Asian-Surinamese

African-Surinamese

European-Dutch

South Asian-Surinamese

African-Surinamese

n (%)

276 (41.3)

162 (24.2)

231 (34.5)

291 (30.4)

208 (21.7)

458 (47.9)

Age, mean (SD)

47.8 (6.7)

44.3 (6.6)*

43.8 (6.3)*

47.4 (6.8)

44.8 (6.6)*

43.5 (5.8)*†

Education

Low, n (%)

80 (29.5)

112 (70.0)

136 (59.6)

111 (38.3)

139 (68.1)

207 (45.8)

High, n (%)

191 (70.5)

48 (30.0) *

92 (40.4) *

179 (61.7)

65 (31.9) *

245 (54.2) †

Occupational class

Low, n (%)

111 (40.2)

101 (62.3)

118 (51.1)

119 (40.9)

117 (56.2)

190 (41.5)

High, n (%)

160 (58.0)

45 (27.8) *

83 (35.9) *

162 (55.7)

63 (30.3) *

211 (46.1) †

Physical activity (MET hours/week)

in active commuting, median (IQR)

0.0 (0.0-10.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)*

0.0 (0.0-5.8) †

0.0 (0.0-7.4)

0.0 (0.0-5.4)

2.4 (0.0-8.2) †

transformed mean (SD)

1.6 (1.9)

0.5 (1.1)*

1.2 (1.5)†

1.4 (1.8)

1.1 (1.5)

1.6 (1.7)†

in LTPA, median (IQR)

25.5 (10.5-47.6)

20.5 (5.1-39.2)

24.5 (9.4-51.2)

24.5 (11.7-38.5)

16.6 (5.2-30.6) *

19.1 (6.6-42.0)

transformed mean (SD)

5.2 (3.0)

4.4 (3.1)*

5.4 (3.9)†

4.8 (2.5)

4.0 (2.7)*

4.5 (3.0)

  1. MET: metabolic equivalent of task. IQR: interquartile range. SD: standard deviation. LTPA: leisure-time physical activity. Bold values represent an overall group difference (chi-square or rank-sum p < 0.05). Bonferroni adjusted group differences (3 comparisons): * different from European-Dutch (p < 0.05). † different from South Asian-Surinamese (p < 0.05).