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Table 1 Mean and distribution of the individual variables (percentages)

From: Associations between fruit and vegetable intake, leisure-time physical activity, sitting time and self-rated health among older adults: cross-sectional data from the WELL study

Variables

Total

Women

Men

P-valuea

Sample size (n)

3,644

1,892

1,752

 

Mean age

60.2

60.2

60.2

0.865

(SD)

(3.2)

(3.2)

(3.1)

Self-rated health (%)

   

0.004

Very good/excellent

48.4

51.0

45.8

 

Good

39.9

38.5

41.3

 

Fair/poor

11.7

10.5

12.9

 

Body mass index (BMI) (%)

   

< 0.001

< 25 kg/m2

36.2

43.5

28.3

 

25–29.9 kg/m2

39.8

32.8

47.5

 

≥ 30 kg/m2

24.0

23.7

24.3

 

Smoking habits (%)

   

< 0.001

Never smoker

50.2

56.4

43.5

 

Former smoker

37.8

32.9

43.2

 

Daily smoker

12.0

10.7

13.3

 

Education (%)

   

< 0.001

Up to 10 years

36.1

40.3

31.7

 

12 years/trade/certificate

35.9

32.4

39.7

 

University degree

27.9

27.3

28.6

 

Marital status (%)

   

< 0.001

Married/cohabiting

78.8

75.2

82.7

 

Separated/widowed

16.1

20.5

11.3

 

Single

5.1

4.3

6.0

 

Housing tenure (%)

   

0.448

Owner

69.0

69.9

68.1

 

Purchaser

20.6

19.8

21.4

 

Renter/boarder

10.4

10.3

10.5

 

Long- term illness (%)

    

No

78.8

79.8

77.9

0.160

Yes

21.2

20.2

22.1

 
  1. Note a Statistical differences by sex: One-way ANOVA and Chi-square test.