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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Associations of meeting 24-h movement guidelines with stress and self-rated health among adults: is meeting more guidelines associated with greater benefits?

Characteristic

n (%)

Age group

 18 to 44 years

896 (38)

 45 to 64 years

1153 (49)

 65 years or more

284 (12)

Female

1731 (74)

BMI

 Underweight or ‘normal’ (< 25 kg/m2)

1220 (52)

 Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2)

811 (35)

 Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2)

302 (13)

 Smoker

404 (17)

Education

 Primary or secondary education

687 (30)

 Higher education

1646 (70)

Socio-economic status

 High or very high

277 (12)

 Middle

1820 (78)

 Low or very low

236 (10)

Living arrangement

 Living with partner

1785 (77)

 Living without partner

548 (23)

Place of residence

 Urban

1219 (52)

 Rural

1114 (48)

Self-rated health

 Very good

314 (13)

 Good

1287 (55)

 Fair

658 (28)

 Bad

68 (3)

 Very bad

6 (0.3)

Experiencing stress

 Every day

139 (6)

 Often

689 (30)

 Occasionally

1086 (47)

 Very rarely

392 (17)

 Never

27 (1)

Meeting guidelines

 None

171 (7)

 Only for MVPA

221 (9)

 Only for SB

175 (8)

 Only for sleep

217 (9)

 For SB and MVPA

279 (12)

 For sleep and MVPA

370 (16)

 For sleep and SB

309 (13)

 For sleep, SB, and MVPA

591 (25)

Number of guidelines met

 None

171 (7)

 1

613 (26)

 2

958 (41)

 3

591 (25)

  1. Note: BMI body mass index; SB sedentary behaviour; MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity