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Table 1 Subject characteristics of 16 and 6.4 km runners

From: App use, physical activity and healthy lifestyle: a cross sectional study

  

16 km

6.4 km

  

Males

Females

Males

Females

Variable

 

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

Age (years)

 

42.19 ± 10.73

37.11 ± 10.26

42.01 ± 11.39

36.33 ± 10.31

Training sessions per year (n/year)

 

120.91 ± 56.81

121.31 ± 55.39

101.17 ± 57.90

99.97 ± 56.08

  

N (%)a

N (%)a

N (%)a

N (%)a

BMI category

Underweight

20 (1.0)

46 (2.2)

5 (0.5)

40 (4.1)

 

Normal weight

756 (36.1)

646 (30.9)

97 (10.0)

443 (45.5)

 

Overweight

481 (23.0)

143 (6.8)

140 (14.4)

249 (25.6)

Use of app during training

Yes

736 (28.5)

543 (21.0)

160 (13.5)

537 (45.3)

No

830 (32.1)

477 (18.4)

140 (11.8)

349 (29.4)

Duration training period

No training/ barely

114 (4.4)

38 (1.5)

37 (3.1)

97 (8.2)

1–5 weeks

129 (5.0)

88 (3.4)

46 (3.9)

100 (8.4)

6–11 weeks

183 (7.1)

125 (4.8)

33 (2.8)

117 (9.9)

12 weeks or more

225 (8.7)

218 (8.4)

38 (3.9)

129 (10.9)

No separate training period

909 (35.2)

546 (21.1)

142 (12.0)

433 (36.5)

Don’t know/no answer

6 (0.2)

3 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

9 (0.8)

Kilometres before

< 5 km/week

229 (9.1)

134 (5.3)

86 (7.6)

328 (28.9)

5–10 km/week

318 (12.6)

332 (13.2)

96 (8.5)

314 (27.7)

10–20 km/week

473 (18.8)

307 (12.2)

68 (6.0)

165 (14.5)

20–30 km/week

301 (11.9)

162 (6.4)

25 (2.2)

34 (3.0)

> 30 km/week

202 (8.0)

64 (2.5)

12 (1.1)

7 (0.6)

  1. aTotal N varies due to missing values