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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population by CVD event occurrence

From: The role of physical activity in the development of first cardiovascular disease event: a tree-structured survival analysis of the Danish ADDITION-PRO cohort

 

No CVD event

CVD event

N

1248

201

Male sex (%)

622 (49.8)

119 (59.2)*

Age (years)

65.4 [60.7, 70.2]

68.6 [63.3, 72.1]**

Employed (% yes)a

529 (42.4)

72 (35.8)

Smoking (% yes)

191 (15.3)

36 (17.9)

Clinical measures

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.0 [24.1, 30.4]

27.6 [25.3, 30.5]*

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

133 (17.3)

136 (17.8)*

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

82 (10.4)

83 (10.5)

 Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

5.5 (0.9)

5.5 (1.0)

 High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.5 [1.1, 1.9]

1.5 [1.2, 1.6]*

 Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)

3.3 (0.8)

3.2 (1.1)

 Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)

1.0 [0.7, 1.5]

1.2 [0.9, 1.6]

 HbA1c (%)

5.7 [5.5, 6.0]

5.8 [5.5, 6.1]**

 HbA1c (mmol/mol)

39 [37, 42]

40 [37, 43]**

 Albumin creatinine ratio

87 [49, 114]

86 [35, 114]

 Estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73m2)

79.4 [70.6, 88.0]

77.0 [68.0, 87.0]*

Medication use

 Any anti-diabetic drug (%)

61 (4.9)

12 (6.0)

 Any anti-hypertensive drug (%)

474 (38.3)

100 (50.0)**

 Any lipid-lowering drug (%)

303 (24.5)

55 (27.5)

 Aspirin (%)

164 (13.2)

45 (22.5)**

Physical activity behavior

 Monitor wear time (days)

6.6 (1.3)

6.7 (1.2)*

 Physical activity energy expenditure (kJ/kg/day)

31.0 [22.0, 42.0]

28.0 [21.0, 39.0]*

 Light intensity physical activity (h/day)

4.8 (1.8)

4.5 (1.7)

 MVPA (min/day)

29.8 [12.0, 56.3]

24.0 [7.3, 44.7]**

 MVPA in bouts ≥ 10 min (min/day)

8.2 [0.0, 24.4]

4.4 [0.0, 18.7]*

 MVPA guidelines ≥ 30 min/day (%)

532 (42.6)

72 (35.8)

 Vigorous physical activity (min/day)

0.0 [0.0, 0.3]

0.0 [0.0, 0.1]

 Awake sedentary time (h/day)

12.0 (2.2)

12.4 (2.3)*

  1. Data are median [IQR], mean (SD) or n (%)
  2. HbA1c glycated hemoglobin A1c, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
  3. * For p-value < 0.05 and ** for < 0.01
  4. aEmployed includes the self-employed. Out of work includes the unemployed, housewives, retired individuals and individuals receiving government provisions