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Table 1 Characteristics and descriptive statistics of included participants

From: Differences in objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour between white Europeans and south Asians recruited from primary care: cross-sectional analysis of the PROPELS trial

Variable

Overall (n = 1252)

White European (n = 963)

South Asian (n = 289)

Age

60 (27–74)

62 (40–74)

55 (27–74)

 Adults (18–64)

826 (66)

587 (61)

239 (83)

 Older Adults (≥65)

426 (34)

376 (39)

50 (17)

Sex

 Male

640 (51)

474 (49)

166 (57)

 Female

612 (49)

489 (51)

123 (43)

Occupation

 Sedentary

331 (26)

262 (27)

69 (24)

 Standing

215 (17)

141 (15)

74 (26)

 Manual

156 (13)

124 (13)

32 (11)

 Retired/Other

550 (44)

436 (45)

114 (39)

Education

 None

263 (22)

209 (22)

54 (19)

 GCSE/O Level/GNVQ

296 (24)

226 (24)

70 (25)

 A Level/College/City & Guilds

348 (29)

272 (29)

76 (27)

 University Degree

315 (26)

234 (25)

81 (29)

IMD Quintiles

 1 (Least deprived)

307 (25)

288 (30)

19 (7)

 2

241 (19)

204 (21)

37 (13)

 3

279 (22)

202 (21)

77 (27)

 4

244 (20)

146 (15)

98 (34)

 5 (Most deprived)

181 (15)

123 (13)

58 (20)

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

 Low

108 (9)

71 (7)

37 (13)

 Medium

828 (66)

632 (66)

196 (68)

 High

316 (25)

260 (27)

56 (19)

Alcohol Consumption

 Low

681 (54)

461 (48)

220 (76)

 Medium

257 (21)

223 (23)

34 (12)

 High

314 (25)

279 (29)

35 (12)

Smoking Status

 Never Smoked

646 (52)

432 (45)

214 (74)

 Current/ex-smoker

606 (48)

531 (55)

75 (26)

Physical Activity (ActiGraph)

 Valid Wear Days

6.5 (0.8)

6.5 (0.8)

6.6 (0.8)

 Wear Time

884 (82)

880 (79)

898 (89)

 LPA

304 (85)

300 (84)

317 (87)

 MVPA

24 (13; 43)

24 (13; 44)

24 (12; 39)

 Steps

7179 (3177)

7235 (3243)

6993 (2948)

Sedentary Behaviour (activPAL)

 Valid Wear Days

6.6 (0.7)

6.5 (0.8)

6.7 (0.7)

 Wake Time

948 (67)

944 (64)

959 (74)

 Sitting time

543 (113)

552 (111)

513 (116)

 Standing time

295 (97)

281 (92)

335 (103)

 Stepping time

111 (41)

111 (42)

111 (41)

  1. Data as number (%), age is reported as mean (lowest-highest). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour data as mean (±SD), with the exception of MVPA which was not normally distributed, therefore is presented as median (IQR). Bold values represent a significant difference between White Europeans and South Asians