Table 3 Health care visits per exercise training frequency vs controls
Exercise training group per training frequency | Controls (n = 3014) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1–2/week (n = 1032) | 3–5/week (n = 1769) | Almost every day (n = 213) | P-value | ||
Male: Female (n) | 298:734 | 569:1200 | 80:133 | 0.03a | 948:2066 |
Age (mean ± SD) | 55.3 ± 14.8 | 53.1 ± 15.5 | 47.5 ± 16.5 | < 0.001b | 53.4 ± 15 |
Primary care visits | |||||
Mean (SD) | 2.93 ± 4.71 | 2.64 ± 3.70 | 2.39 ± 3.20 | 0.07b | 3.3 ± 6.4 |
Subjects with 1–9 visits, n (%) | 718 (70%) | 1182 (67%) | 147 (69%) | 0.30a | 1743 (58%) |
Subjects with ≥10 visits, n (%) | 53 (5%) | 84 (5%) | 7 (3%) | 0.51 | 252 (8%) |
Hospital outpatient care visits | |||||
Mean (SD) | 4.47 ± 7.27 | 4.81 ± 9.65 | 5.23 ± 7.99 | 0.19b | 5.6 ± 11.6 |
Subjects with 1–9 visits, n (%) | 639 (62%) | 1096 (62%) | 135 (63%) | 0.92a | 1509 (50%) |
Subjects with ≥10 visits, n (%) | 134 (13%) | 214 (12%) | 34 (16%) | 0.26 | 492 (16%) |
Hospital inpatient care visits | |||||
Mean (SD) | 0.09 ± 0.35 | 0.10 ± 0.43 | 0.11 ± 0.52 | 0.64b | 0.22 ± 0.81 |
Subjects with 1 visit, n (%) | 65 (6%) | 107 (6%) | 5 (2%) | 0.07a | 270 (9%) |
Subjects with ≥2 visits, n (%) | 12 (1%) | 27 (1.5%) | 7 (3%) | 0.07 | 122 (4%) |