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Table 1 Participant characteristics according to groups of physical activity (MET-hrs per week) in the MDCS cohort

From: Different domains of self-reported physical activity and risk of type 2 diabetes in a population-based Swedish cohort: the Malmö diet and Cancer study

Characteristics

Leisure-time physical activity

Total physical activity (PAL)

Ocupational physical activity

Domestic Physical Activity

Quintile 1 (< 13)

Quintile 3 (22–31)

Quintile 5 (> 46)

Quintile 1 (< 1.39)

Quintile 3 (1.51–1.89)

Quintile 5 (> 2.53)

Quartile 1 (0)

Quartile 2 (1.5–60)

Quartile 3 (60–120)

Quartile 4 (> 120)

Quintile 1 (< 12.5)

Quintile 3 (25–37.5)

Quintile 5 (> 52.5)

Age, y

57.7 (7.4)

57.6 (7.6)

58.9 (7.9)

61.5 (7.7)

58.9 (8.1)

54.2 (4.6)

63.6 (6.8)

56.5 (7.0)

57.6 (6.2)

54.0 (5.4)

58.3(7.1)

57.2(7.4)

59.7 (8.1)

BMI, kg/m2

26.2 (4.3)

25.5 (3.8)

25.4(3.7)

26.3 (4.1)

25.4 (3.9)

25.5 (3.7)

26.1(4.04)

25.8(4.08)

25.2(4.09)

25.3(3.77)

26.1 (3.6)

25.5 (3.9)

25.6 (4.2)

Body fat %

27.7 (7.2)

26.9 (6.8)

25.8 (6.9)

26.3 (7.4)

27.5 (6.7)

25.3 (6.8)

27.5(7.25)

27.5(6.69)

28.6(6.23)

26.2)6.68)

22.3 (6.2)

26.8 (6.8)

30.1 (5.7)

Energy intake, kcal/d

2223 (665)

2258 (622)

2377 (696)

2230 (641)

2250 (637)

2434 (689)

2226(644)

2186(730)

2213(603)

2320(656)

2534 (691)

2266 (645)

2117 (558)

Women

60%

63%

57%

47%

73%

49%

60.22%

70.42%

81.36%

61.48%

16.32%

63.67%

91.87%

Smokers

34%

28%

26%

30%

25%

29%

26.32%

22.54%

22.71%

29.93%

27.91%

29.79%

25.29%

Alcohol abstainers

9%

5%

6%

9%

7%

3%

9.3%

7.75%

8.14%

3.75%

4.64%

5.01%

9.05%

High alcohol consumers

5%

4%

5%

5%

3%

6%

3.5%

1.4%

4.41%

4.85%

6.46%

4.81%

2.39%

Lowest education

49%

38%

41%

50%

41%

42%

53.2%

41.9%

39.7%

33.3%

44.66%

37.22%

45.71%

University degree

11%

16%

15%

10%

16%

14%

8.1%

16.2%

16.6%

18.9%

13.33%

16.68%

11.14%

Employed

62%

64%

52%

22%

49%

100%

1.03%

0.89%

1.86%

96.22%

69.17%

64.51%

40.18%

Retired

31%

29%

40%

64%

2%

0%

31%

29%

40%

0%

4.52%

6.67%

12.17%

High diet risk

20%

16%

16%

19%

16%

15%

18.76%

19.01%

14.58%

15.20%

19.25%

15.45%

16.45%

Over-reporters of physical activity

15%

14%

19%

5%

16%

22%

7.50%

9.15%

8.47%

20.75%

12.6%

14.89%

17.2%