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Table 1 Selected characteristics of participants by gender and residential density in 2017, in Nanjing of China a

From: The association between residential density and physical activity among urban adults in regional China

 

Overall

Gender

P value

Residential densitya

P value

Men

Women

Lower

Middle

Higher

Number

1551

47.8 (741)

52.2 (810)

 

27.2 (422)

34.3 (532)

38.5 (597)

 

Age (years, Mean ± SD)

54.7 ± 11.1

54.8 ± 11.4

54.7 ± 10.9

0.97

55.8 ± 10.8

54.4 ± 10.9

54.3 ± 11.5

0.08

Age group (years)

 -49 (younger)

35.9 (557)

36.8 (273)

35.1 (284)

0.10

31.0 (131)

36.7 (195)

38.7 (231)

0.07

 50–64 (middle-aged)

42.0 (652)

39.4 (292)

44.4 (360)

44.1 (186)

43.6 (232)

39.2 (234)

 65+ (elder)

22.1 (342)

23.8 (176)

20.5 (166)

24.9 (105)

19.7 (105)

22.1 (132)

Educational attainment (years)

  ≤ 9

47.3 (733)

40.2 (298)

53.7 (435)

<0.01

65.5 (277)

44.4 (236)

36.9 (220)

<0.01

 10–12

30.0 (466)

32.4 (240)

27.9 (226)

21.8 (92)

34.4 (183)

32.0 (191)

  ≥ 13

22.7 (352)

27.4 (203)

18.4 (149)

12.6 (53)

21.2 (113)

31.2 (186)

BMI Category (kg/m2)

  < 24

48.7 (755)

45.5 (337)

51.6 (418)

<0.01

42.9 (181)

47.2 (251)

54.1 (323)

<0.01

 24+

51.3 (796)

54.5 (404)

48.4 (392)

57.1 (241)

52.8 (281)

45.9 (274)

Physical activity time (mins/week)

 <150

71.5 (1109)

71.8 (532)

71.2 (577)

0.82

63.3 (267)

67.7 (360)

80.7 (482)

<0.01

  ≥ 150

28.5 (442)

28.2 (209)

28.8 (233)

36.7 (155)

32.3 (172)

19.3 (115)

  1. aResults presented as mean ± standard deviation for continuous data, and as percentages (number) for categorical data
  2. bResidential density tertile cut-off values are 56,524 and 29,786 persons/km2