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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Associations between access to recreational physical activity facilities and body mass index in Scottish adults

 

Number

Percent

Individual level

6,365

 

 Gender

  Male

2,860

44.9

  Female

3,505

55.1

Car availability

  Yes

4,887

76.8

  No

1,478

23.2

 Longstanding illness

  

  Limiting

1,705

26.8

  Non-limiting

1,004

15.8

  None

3,656

57.4

 Social class

  Managerial

1,960

30.8

  Intermediate

1,259

19.8

  Routine

2,906

45.7

  Other

240

3.8

 DQI quintile

  1 (worst diet)

1,283

20.2

  2

1,324

20.8

  3 (middling)

1,146

18.0

  4

1,368

21.5

  5 (best diet)

1,244

19.5

 Number of days of 20 mins + moderate/vigorous activity in 4 weeks

  None

1,466

23.0

  1–11

2,349

36.9

  12+

2,550

40.1

 Occasions of sport activity of 15 mins + in 4 weeks

  None

3,535

55.5

  1–11

1,655

26.0

  12+

1,175

18.5

DZ level

 Urban/Rural

  1 (large urban)

2,063

32.4

  2 (other urban)

1,951

30.7

  3 (accessible small town)

592

9.3

  4 (remote small town)

357

5.6

  5 (accessible rural)

864

13.6

  6 (remote rural)

538

8.5

 

Mean (SD)

Min, Max

Age (years)

49.1 (17.2)

16.0, 95.0

Accessibility measure

Mean (SD)

Min, Max

 Walking

  PA facilities (all) within 20 min

14.1 (12.6)

(0.0, 90.0)

  PA facilities (all) within 30 min

29.3 (26.8)

(0.0, 176.1)

  public PA facilities within 20 min

4.6 (4.9)

(0.0, 32.4)

  public PA facilities within 30 min

9.5 (8.8)

(0.0, 68.6)

  private PA facilities within 20 min

2.8 (3.6)

(0.0, 32.4)

  private PA facilities within 30 min

5.9 (7.0)

(0.0, 62.2)

 Cycling

  PA facilities (all) within 20 min

85.8 (88.3)

(0.0, 795.2)

  PA facilities (all) within 30 min

166.9 (182.3)

(0.0, 1229.0)

  public PA facilities within 20 min

26.4 (24.2)

(0.0, 162.7)

  public PA facilities within 30 min

50.7 (48.9)

(0.0, 298.0)

  private PA facilities within 20 min

17.4 (21.2)

(0.0, 208.4)

  private PA facilities within 30 min

34.7 (42.8)

(0.0, 290.7)

 Bus journey

  PA facilities (all) within 20 min

50.8 (69.1)

(0.0, 945.2)

  PA facilities (all) within 30 min

204.3 (250.4)

(0.0, 2005.0)

  public PA facilities within 20 min

15.8 (19.0)

(0.0, 232.2)

  public PA facilities within 30 min

63.7 (69.8)

(0.0, 502.7)

  private PA facilities within 20 min

10.2 (16.2)

(0.0, 248.6)

  private PA facilities within 30 min

41.4 (54.5)

(0.0, 400.4)

 Car journey

  PA facilities (all) within 20 min

1194.0 (1024.1)

(0.0, 4678.0)

  PA facilities (all) within 30 min

2086.0 (1611.6)

(1.9, 7011.0)

  public PA facilities within 20 min

394.1 (343.3)

(0.0, 1653.0)

  public PA facilities within 30 min

702.9 (555.4)

(0.0, 2310.0)

  private PA facilities within 20 min

240.2 (203.4)

(0.0, 891.2)

  private PA facilities within 30 min

418.8 (315.3)

(0.0, 1335.0)