Characteristic | Sample | ‘Busy Bees’ | ‘Sedentary Exercisers’ | ‘Light Movers’ | ‘Couch Potatoes’ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 2131 | n = 385; 18.6 % | n = 743; 36.7 % | n = 147; 6.8 % | n = 856; 37.9 % | |
Age (in years)a | 50.8 (0.47) | 44.8 (0.72) | 45.6 (0.72) | 49.8 (1.27) | 58.9 (0.74) |
Cardiovascular Disease Indexb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No Cardiovascular Diseases | 2030 (95.6) | 374 (97.4) | 707 (95.7) | 141 (96.2) | 808 (94.6) |
 One or More Cardiovascular Diseases | 101 (4.4) | 11 (2.6) | 36 (4.3) | 6 (3.8) | 48 (5.4) |
Ethnicityb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 White | 2008 (93.2) | 364 (93.6) | 691 (92.1) | 141 (95.1) | 812 (93.8) |
 Non-White | 123 (6.8) | 21 (6.4) | 52 (7.9) | 6 (4.9) | 44 (6.2) |
Fruit & Vegetable Consumption (portions per day)b | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 0 | 95 (4.5) | 25 (6.1) | 29 (3.9) | 8 (5.5) | 33 (4.0) |
 1–3 | 680 (32.4) | 128 (34.8) | 221 (30.6) | 46 (30.9) | 285 (33.4) |
 4–6 | 968 (45.3) | 152 (39.0) | 359 (48.0) | 69 (48.4) | 388 (45.3) |
 7+ | 388 (17.8) | 80 (20.1) | 134 (17.5) | 24 (15.2) | 150 (17.3) |
Sexb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 981 (49.3) | 172 (48.8) | 414 (59.0) | 36 (28.8) | 359 (43.8) |
 Female | 1150 (50.7) | 213 (51.2) | 329 (41.0) | 111 (71.2) | 497 (56.2) |
Smoking Statusb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Never Smoked | 993 (47.1) | 171 (44.5) | 393 (53.7) | 57 (37.8) | 372 (43.6) |
 Ex-Smoker | 726 (32.7) | 113 (28.6) | 232 (29.5) | 51 (34.0) | 330 (37.5) |
 Current Smoker | 410 (20.1) | 101 (26.9) | 116 (16.4) | 39 (28.2) | 154 (18.9) |
 Missingc | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Socioeconomic Statusb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 High | 769 (36.7) | 80 (20.5) | 358 (49.0) | 34 (22.5) | 297 (35.1) |
 High-Intermediate | 276 (12.4) | 41 (9.6) | 100 (13.2) | 22 (13.4) | 113 (12.8) |
 Intermediate | 203 (9.5) | 48 (12.4) | 48 (6.2) | 18 (13.7) | 89 (10.5) |
 Low-Intermediate | 191 (9.3) | 52 (15.0) | 44 (5.8) | 14 (11.4) | 81 (9.6) |
 Low | 646 (29.8) | 154 (40.1) | 177 (23.3) | 58 (38.5) | 257 (29.5) |
 Missingc | 46 (2.3) | 10 (2.4) | 16 (2.5) | 1 (0.5) | 19 (2.5) |
Blood Pressure Medicationb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 1629 (78.7) | 349 (91.1) | 636 (87.6) | 119 (82.5) | 525 (63.4) |
 Yes | 502 (21.3) | 36 (8.9) | 107 (12.4) | 28 (17.5) | 331 (36.6) |
Cholesterol Medicationb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 1797 (85.8) | 366 (95.7) | 669 (91.3) | 129 (88.5) | 633 (75.2) |
 Yes | 334 (14.2) | 19 (4.3) | 74 (8.7) | 18 (11.5) | 223 (24.8) |
Any Prescribed Medicationb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 1031 (51.2) | 238 (63.2) | 426 (60.1) | 80 (57.4) | 287 (35.5) |
 Yes | 1100 (48.8) | 147 (36.8) | 317 (39.9) | 67 (42.6) | 569 (64.5) |
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Timea (no. of minutes per valid day) | 30.3 (0.59) | 51.3 (1.46) | 44.0 (0.80) | 13.2 (0.39) | 9.7 (0.22) |
Sedentary Time a (no. of minutes per valid day) | 540.2 (2.29) | 417.2 (3.62) | 564.5 (2.68) | 435.5 (3.84) | 595.7 (2.39) |
Light-Intensity Physical Activity Timea (no. of minutes per valid day) | 289.1 (2.06) | 394.9 (3.16) | 260.5 (1.88) | 396.2 (4.35) | 245.9 (2.47) |
Accelerometer Wear-Timea (no. of minutes per valid day) | 859.7 (1.72) | 863.5 (4.53) | 869.1 (2.69) | 844.9 (5.65) | 851.4 (2.78) |
Sedentary-to-Light-Intensity Physical Activity Time Ratioa | 2.2 (0.03) | 1.1 (0.01) | 2.3 (0.03) | 1.1 (0.01) | 2.8 (0.05) |
Number of Valid Daysb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 4 | 99 (4.9) | 18 (4.7) | 35 (5.1) | 8 (5.7) | 38 (4.8) |
 5 | 185 (9.1) | 36 (9.7) | 55 (8.1) | 21 (14.6) | 73 (8.8) |
 6 | 414 (20.4) | 80 (21.0) | 139 (20.1) | 32 (23.5) | 163 (20.0) |
 7 | 1433 (65.6) | 251 (64.6) | 514 (66.7) | 86 (56.2) | 582 (66.4) |
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)a | 27.5 (0.12) | 26.6 (0.24) | 26.8 (0.17) | 27.6 (0.43) | 28.7 (0.21) |
Missingc | 185 (8.7) | 30 (7.8) | 44 (5.9) | 8 (5.4) | 103 (12.0) |
Waist Circumference (cm)a | 93.4 (0.36) | 90.1 (0.70) | 91.7 (0.57) | 91.5 (1.18) | 97.0 (0.55) |
Missingc | 242 (11.4) | 44 (11.4) | 80 (10.8) | 17 (11.6) | 101 (11.8) |
HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)a | 1.49 (0.01) | 1.53 (0.02) | 1.49 (0.02) | 1.58 (0.04) | 1.44 (0.01) |
Missingc | 728 (34.2) | 120 (31.2) | 245 (33.0) | 51 (34.7) | 312 (36.4) |
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)a | 5.42 (0.03) | 5.37 (0.06) | 5.49 (0.05) | 5.48 (0.12) | 5.37 (0.05) |
Missingc | 728 (34.2) | 120 (31.2) | 245 (33.0) | 51 (34.7) | 312 (36.4) |
Glycated Haemoglobin (%)a | 5.64 (0.02) | 5.47 (0.02) | 5.51 (0.02) | 5.89 (0.14) | 5.82 (0.04) |
Missingc | 746 (35.0) | 127 (33.0) | 250 (33.6) | 52 (35.4) | 317 (37.0) |