Table 2 Participant characteristics
|  | HADS-A < 8 (n (%)) | HADS-A ≥ 8 (n (%)) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Meeting PA Guidelines | |||
 Yes | 2696 (45.3)a | 802 (42.6)b | 0.038 |
 No | 3252 (54.7)a | 1105 (57.4)b | |
PA categories | |||
 Low | 3252 (54.7) | 1105 (57.4) | 0.087 |
 Moderate | 411 (6.9) | 116 (6.0) | |
 High | 2285 (38.4) | 705 (36.6) | |
Walking categories | Â | ||
 Low | 2831 (47.6) | 922 (47.9) | 0.815 |
 Moderate | 1259 (21.2) | 416 (21.6) | |
 High | 1857 (31.2) | 587 (30.5) | |
Age | |||
 < 50 | 179 (3.0)a | 90 (4.7)b | < 0.001 |
 50–59 | 2436 (41.0)a | 987 (51.3)b | |
 60–69 | 2062 (34.7)a | 554 (28.8)b | |
 70–79 | 954 (16.1)a | 231 (12.0)b | |
 80+ | 312 (5.2)a | 62 (3.2)b | |
Sex | |||
 Male | 2798 (47.0)a | 701 (36.4)b | < 0.001 |
 Female | 3150 (53.0)a | 1225 (63.6)b | |
Body Mass Index | |||
 Underweight | 20 (0.5)a | 33 (0.7)a | 0.011 |
 Normal | 990 (25.8)a | 1160 (24.9)a | |
 Overweight | 1708 (44.4)a | 1883 (40.4)b | |
 Obese | 1126 (29.3)a | 1580 (33.9)b | |
Education | |||
 Primary | 1453 (26.1) | 509 (27.9) | 0.293 |
 Secondary | 2555 (45.8) | 820 (45.0) | |
 Tertiary | 1567 (28.1) | 495 (27.1) | |
Marital status | |||
 Married/ living with a partner as if married | 4443 (74.7)a | 1413 (73.4)a | 0.013 |
 Single (never married) | 509 (8.6)a | 161 (8.4)a | |
 Separated | 223 (3.8)a | 91 (4.7)a | |
 Divorced | 118 (2.0)a | 60 (3.1)b | |
 Widowed | 653 (11.0)a | 200 (10.4)a | |
Smoker | |||
 Never | 2748 (46.5)a | 798 (41.5)b | < 0.001 |
 Past | 2282 (38.6)a | 692 (36.0)b | |
 Current | 883 (14.9)a | 432 (22.5)b | |