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Table 1 Participant’s characteristics at baseline (non-snowfall season)

From: Changes in rural older adults’ sedentary and physically-active behaviors between a non-snowfall and a snowfall season: compositional analysis from the NEIGE study

 

Overall (n = 355)

Men (n = 169)

Women (n = 186)

 

Mean ± SD / n (%)

Mean ± SD / n (%)

Mean ± SD / n (%)

P-value

Age, yrs.

72.9 ± 5.4

72.8 ± 5.5

73.1 ± 5.3

0.703

Age categories

      

0.912

Young-old (65–74 yrs.)

225

(63.4)

108

(63.9)

117

(62.9)

 

Old-old (≥75 yrs.)

130

(36.6)

61

(36.1)

69

(37.1)

 

Area of residence

      

0.014

Mountain area

160

(45.1)

88

(52.1)

72

(38.7)

 

Downtown

195

(54.9)

81

(47.9)

114

(61.3)

 

Living arrangement

      

0.002

Living with others

320

(90.1)

161

(95.3)

159

(85.5)

 

Living alone

35

(9.9)

8

(4.7)

27

(14.5)

 

BMI, kg/m2

22.6 ± 2.8

23.1 ± 2.4

22.2 ± 3.1

0.002

BMI categories

      

0.782

Normal (< 25.0 kg/m2)

291

(82.0)

140

(82.8)

151

(81.2)

 

Obese (≥25.0 kg/m2)

64

(18.0)

29

(17.2)

35

(18.8)

 

Perceived health

      

0.392

Good (very good/ good)

305

(85.9)

148

(87.6)

157

(84.4)

 

Poor (fair/ poor)

50

(14.1)

21

(12.4)

29

(15.6)

 
  1. P-value was calculated using t test or chi-square test, as appropriate
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