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Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics

From: Joint association of physical activity and overweight with subsequent psychotropic medication: a register-linked follow-up study among employees

 

Men (%/n)

Women (%/n)

All (%/n)

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Age (mean)

50.1

49.2

49.4

Overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2)

60.3

45.7

48.8

Activity groups

 Highly active

41.8

36.9

38.0

 Moderately active

33.3

40.1

38.6

 Inactive

25.0

22.9

23.4

Weight/activity groups

 Highly active normal-weight

19.1

23.6

22.6

 Moderately active normal-weight

13.2

21.1

19.4

 Inactive normal-weight

7.4

9.6

9.1

 Highly active overweight

22.7

13.3

15.4

 Moderately active overweight

20.0

19.0

19.2

 Inactive overweight

17.6

13.4

14.3

Medication during follow-up

 Any

22.8

31.6

29.7

 Antidepressant

15.6

21.3

20.1

 Sedatives

14.6

19.3

18.3

Prior medication

 Any

14.0

20.9

19.4

 Antidepressant

6.7

10.5

9.6

 Sedatives

8.7

13.0

12.1

Work physical strenousness

 Light

85.2

62.1

67.1

 Heavy

14.8

37.9

32.9

Work mental strenousness

 Light

85.4

86.6

86.3

 Heavy

14.6

13.4

13.7

Marital status (in a relationship)

78.4

69.0

71.1

Sosioeconomic position

 Manual worker

25.9

11.1

14.3

 Routine non-manual

9.4

41.2

34.3

 Semi-professional

19.9

19.4

19.5

 Managers/professionals

44.8

28.4

32.0

Limiting long-standing illness (LLI)

16.2

16.3

16.3

Drinking problems (cage)

23.3

15.2

16.9

Smoking

25.4

21.6

22.4

n

21.7 (1338)

78.3 (4831)

100 (6169)