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Table 4 Baseline characteristics divided according to participation in different activities

From: Leisure-time physical activities and the risk of cardiovascular mortality in the Malmö diet and Cancer study

Activities

N total (%)/n deaths (%)

Women, %

Current smokers, %

University degree, %

BMI, kg/m2

Age, years

Orienteering

110 (0.4)/4(0.2)

45

45

30

25.2 (3.5)

56.7 (6.8)

Walking up stairs

13,823(53)/1182(46)

64

33

16

25.4 (3.9)

56.9 (7.4)

High intensity

7563(29)/559(22)

59

37

22

25.3 (3.6)

56.5 (7.4)

Lawn tennis

666(3)/49(2)

28

38

28

25.3 (3.2)

57.0 (7.5)

Running

2621(10)/118(5)

45

42

26

24.5 (3.0)

54.0 (6.3)

Soccer

274(1)/17(1)

11

37

12

26.0 (3.3)

54.0 (5.8)

Swimming

5151(20)/430(17)

68

35

21

25.6 (3.8)

57.4 (7.6)

Ball sports

1646(6)/125(5)

26

39

21

25.6 (3.4)

56.1 (7.2)

Ballroom dancing

2644(10)/214(8)

59

32

14

25.3 (3.6)

56.4 (7.4)

Grass cutting

7735(30)/804(31)

40

37

15

25.7 (3.6)

58.4 (7.4)

Digging

5646(22)/595(23)

46

36

15

25.7 (3.7)

58.4 (7.5)

Badminton

603(2)/45(2)

32

39

21

25.4 (3.19)

55.3 (7.0)

Folk dancing

1016(4)/85(3)

61

32

7

25.5 (3.5)

58.5 (7.3)

Golf

1946(8)/114(4)

55

42

26

24.7 (3.2)

55.8 (7.0)

Cycling

15,938(62)/1415(55)

63

35

16

25.4 (3.7)

57.4 (7.5)

Gardening

12,063(47)/1145(45)

57

35

16

25.6 (3.7)

58.1 (7.7)

Gymnastics

5953(23)/425(17)

76

36

21

24.8 (3.5)

56.6 (7.8)

Table tennis

280(1)/22(1)

17

39

16

25.9 (3.9)

56.6 (7.2)

Walking

22,088(85)/2168(85)

64

33

15

25.5 (3.9)

57.9 (7.7)

  1. BMI and age are shown as the mean (SD), and other variables are shown as %. for ball sports and high intensity, the mean MET value is shown