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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study sample (n = 173)

From: A cross-sectional analysis of the associations between leisure-time sedentary behaviors and clustered cardiometabolic risk

Variables

Number

Missing data %

Values

Socio-demographic variables

 Age, years (M, SD)

173

54.4 ± 6.2

 Gender (n, %)

  Female

173

-

111 (64.2)

 Employed (n, %)

170

2

138 (81.2)

 Partnership (n, %)

173

124 (71.7)

Cardiometabolic variables

 WC, cm (M, SD)

172

1

91.6 ± 12.5

 SBP, mmHg (M, SD)

164

5

131.2 ± 16.1

 DBP, mmHg (M, SD)

164

5

80.7 ± 11.0

 Non-fasting glucose, mmol/l (Med, IQR)

163

6

5.3 (4.9–5.8)

 HDL-C, mmol/l (M, SD)

167

3

1.4 ± 0.4

 Plasma triglyceride, mmol/l (Med, IQR)

151

13

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

 CMRS (M, SD)

170

2

−0.0 ± 0.6

Leisure-time sedentary behavior variables

 Watching TV, h/day (Med, IQR)

165

5

2.5 (1.8–3.5)

 Using a computer, h/day (Med, IQR)

142

18

0.4 (0.1–1.0)

 Reading, h/day (Med, IQR)

160

8

0.5 (0.4–1.0)

 Household tasks, h/day (Med, IQR)

154

11

0 (0–0.1)

 Caring for others, h/day (Med, IQR)

140

19

0 (0–0.1)

 Hobbies, h/day (Med, IQR)

153

12

0.1 (0–0.4)

 Socializing, h/day (Med, IQR)

151

13

0.4 (0–1.0)

Physical activity variables

 Leisure-time physical activity, MET-h/week (Med, IQR)

145

16

15.6 (3.3–33.1)

 Traveling in motor vehicles, min/day (Med, IQR)

165

5

30 (10–60)

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation, Med median, IQR interquartile range, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, CMRS clustered cardiometabolic risk score, TV television, MET metabolic equivalent of task
  2. Presented are means and standard deviations for normally distributed variables, medians and interquartile ranges for non-normally distributed variables, and absolute values and percentages for categorical variables