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Table 2 Characteristics of participants by quartile of leisure-time physical activity

From: Association of work-related and leisure-time physical activity with workplace food purchases, dietary quality, and health of hospital employees

 

Leisure-time physical activity quartiles

Variable

Q1 (lowest)

N = 167

0–3 met-hours per week

Q2

N = 134

4–12 met-hours per week

Q3

N = 151

12–28 met-hours per week

Q4 (highest)

N = 150

28–214 met-hours per week

 

M (SD)

Age

44.9 (12.0)

44.0 (12.0)

42.3 (12.2)

43.2 (12.6)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

31 (18.6)

28 (20.9)

30 (19.9)

35 (23.3)

 Female

136 (87.4)

106 (89.1)

121 (80.1)

115 (76.7)

Race

 White

127 (76.1)

111 (82.2)

127 (84.7)

123 (82.0)

 Black

22 (13.2)

11 (8.2)

10 (6.7)

11 (7.3)

 Asian

7 (4.2)

6 (4.4)

7 (4.7)

7 (4.7)

 Other/Not reported

11 (6.6)

7 (5.2)

6 (4.0)

9 (6.0)

Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic/Latino/a

151 (90.4)

128 (95.5)

140 (92.7)

137 (91.3)

 Hispanic/Latino/a

11 (6.6)

5 (3.7)

10 (6.6)

8 (5.3)

 Not reported

5 (3.0)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.7)

5 (3.3)

Job Type

 Administrative/Service

32 (19.2)

18 (13.3)

21 (14.0)

13 (8.7)

  Craft/Technicians

24 (14.4)

15 (11.2)

12 (8.0)

16 (10.7)

  Management/ Professionals

92 (55.1)

76 (56.7)

99 (66.0)

110 (73.3)

 MDs/PhDs

19 (11.4)

26 (19.4)

18 (12.0)

11 (7.3)

Education Level

 High School/Some College

26 (15.6)

16 (11.9)

18 (11.9)

15 (10.0)

 College Degree

76 (45.5)

54 (40.3)

51 (33.8)

59 (39.3)

 Graduate Degree

64 (38.3)

65 (48.5)

79 (52.3)

76 (50.7)

 Not reported

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

Current Smoker

7 (4.2)

6 (4.5)

2 (1.3)

2 (1.3)