Which patients benefit from physical activity on prescription (PAP)? A prospective observational analysis of factors that predict increased physical activity

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the completer’s and dropout group

Variable	Completer’s (n = 368)	Dropout (n = 76)	p value
Age^a – years	57.4 (10.9)	57.6 (13.1)	0.955^e
Sex^b			0.011 ^f
Female	198 (53.8)	53 (69.7)
Male	170 (46.2)	23 (30.3)
Nationality^b			0.915^f
Sweden	312 (86.0)	62 (84.9)
Other	51 (14.0)	11 (15.1)
Social situation^b			0.144^f
Single	135 (37.9)	35 (48.6)
Married/cohabit	205 (57.6)	33 (45.8)
Other	16 (4.5)	4 (5.6)
Economic status^b – perceived			0.467^f
Good	213 (59.3)	36 (50.7)
Neither nor	107 (29.8)	19 (26.8)
Bad	39 (10.9)	16 (22.5)
Education^b			0.117^f
Elementary grade	69 (19.2)	14 (19.4)
Upper secondary school	131 (36.4)	36 (50)
University college	160 (44.4)	22 (30.6)
Tobacco^b			0.871^f
Smokers	34 (9.5)	10 (13.9)
Non-smokers	229 (63.8)	41 (56.9)
Ex-smokers	96 (26.7)	21 (29.2)
Part of metabolic syndrome^b
Overweight/Obesity	333 (90.5)	71 (93.4)	0.245^f
Hyperglycemia	144 (39.1)	30 (39.5)	0.672^f
Hypertension	293 (79.6)	53 (69.7)	0.117^f
Hyperlipidemia	212 (57.6)	41 (53.9)	0.801^f
Other diagnosis
Mental health, depression	52 (14.1)	13 (17.1)	0.446^f
Musculoskeletal disorders	58 (15.8)	19 (25)	0.040 ^f
Other	155 (42.1)	38 (50)	0.172^f
Physical activity level^a, score:
ACSM/AHA questionnaire	1.7 (1.5)	1.7 (1.4)	0.975^e
BMI^a, kg/m²	32.0 (5.2)	33.0 (5.8)	0.104^e
HRQOL SF-36^a, score:
Physical component summary	45.7 (9.9)	41.4 (10.8)	0.001 ^e
Mental component summary	44.4 (13.1)	40.0 (14.6)	0.012 ^e

ACSM American College of Sports Medicine, AHA American Heart Association, BMI body mass index, HRQOL SF-36 Health Related Quality of Life 36-Item Short Form Health Survey
^a-bData are given as ^amean (standard deviation) or as ^bnumber (percentage)
Difference between follow-up and dropout group. P-value was determined by ^ean independent samples t-test or by ^fa Mann-Whitney U-test
Statistical significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. Statistical significant p-values are presented in bold numbers

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