Table 1 Characteristics and physical activity of the participants by gender and asthma status
Men (n = 371) | Women (n = 438) | Total (n = 809) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy (n = 300) | Controlled asthma (n = 59) | Uncontrolled asthma (n = 12) | Healthy (n = 306) | Controlled asthma (n = 66) | Uncontrolled asthma (n = 66) | Healthy (n = 606) | Controlled asthma (n = 125) | Uncontrolled asthma (n = 78) | |
Age, years , median (IQR) | 50.0 (28.0)* | 36.0 (25.0)* | 56.5 (15.0)* | 55.00 (20) | 50.00 (28) | 53.50 (22) | 53.0 (24)* | 43.0 (28.0)* | 54.0 (21.5)* |
BMI, median (IQR) | 25.4 (5.0) | 24.7 (4.0) | 27.6 (4.0) | 24.67 (6) | 24.98 (7) | 26.26 (8) | 25.1 (5) | 24.9 (5.1) | 26.6 (6.6) |
SES, n (%) | |||||||||
High | 26 (8.8) | 10 (16.9) | 2 (16.7) | 15 (5.0) | 4 (6.1) | 1 (1.5) | 41 (6.8) | 14 (11.2) | 3 (3.9)* |
Medium | 238 (80.4) | 45 (76.3) | 7 (58.3) | 224 (73.9) | 56 (84.8) | 49 (75.4) | 462 (77.1) | 101 (80.8) | 56 (72.7) |
Low | 32 (10.8) | 4 (6.8) | 3 (25.0) | 64 (21.1) | 6 (9.1) | 15 (23.1) | 96 (16.0) | 10 (8.0) | 18 (23.4) |
Smoking, n (%) | |||||||||
Never | 147 (49.0) | 30 (50.8) | 5 (41.7) | 259 (84.6) | 50 (75.8) | 51 (77.3) | 406 (67–0) | 80 (64.0) | 56 (71.8) |
Ever | 153 (51.0) | 29 (49.2) | 7 (58.3) | 47 (15.4) | 16 (24.2) | 15 (22.7) | 200 (33.0) | 45 (36.0) | 22 (28.2) |
Daily sitting time, min, median (IQR) | 240.0 (240.0)** ,§ | 300.0 (330.0)** , § | 180.0 (195.0)** | 180.00 (180) | 180.00 (180) | 180.00 (210) | 180.0 (180.0)** | 240.0 (300.0)** | 180.0 (187.5)** |
VPA, MET-min/week, median (IQR) | 340.0 (1920.0) § | 960.0 (2880.0) § | 960.0 (5130.0) | 0.00 (560)** , §§ | 0.00 (960)** | 0.00 (1380)** , §§ | 0.0 (960.0) | 240.0 (1440.0) | 0.0 (1920.0) |
MPA, MET-min/week, median (IQR) | 60.0 (720.0)§ | 280.0 (960.0)§ | 120.0 (720.0) | 280.00 (3360) | 280.00 (3360) | 450.00 (3360) | 280.0 (1680.0) | 280.0 (1680.0) | 360.0 (3360.0) |
WPA, MET-min/week, median (IQR) | 346.5 (693.0) | 594.0 (941.0) | 577.5 (1361.0) | 429.00 (759) | 346.50 (743) | 346.50 (594) | 396.0 (742.5) | 462.0 (1089.0) | 371.3 (594.0) |
Total PA, MET-min/week, median (IQR) | 1657.5 (3627.0) | 2000.0 (4194.0) | 2253.0 (6373.0) | 1680.00 (4347) | 1732.50 (5993) | 2273.00 (4499) | 16660. (3861.6) | 1878.0 (5579.5) | 2273.0 (4499.3) |
Overall PA level, n(%) | |||||||||
Low | 91 (30.3) | 18 (25.0) | 3 (25.0) | 83 (27.1) | 22 (33.3) | 17 (25.8) | 174 (28.7) | 40 (32.0) | 20 (25.6) |
Moderate | 114 (38.0) | 24 (40.7) | 5 (41.7) | 114 (37.3) | 21 (31.8) | 23 (34.8) | 228 (37.6) | 45 (36.0) | 28 (35.9) |
HEPA | 95 (31.7) | 17 (28.8) | 4 (33.3) | 109 (35.6) | 23 (34.8) | 29 (39.4) | 204 (33.7) | 40 (32.0) | 30 (38.5) |
2007 PA recommendation, n(%) | |||||||||
No | 161 (53.7) | 27 (45.8) | 5 (41.7) | 151 (49.3) | 31 (47.0) | 29 (43.9) | 312 (51.5) | 58 (46.4) | 34 (43.6) |
Yes | 139 (46.3) | 32 (54.2) | 7 (58.3) | 155 (50.7) | 35 (53.0) | 37 (56.1) | 294 (48.5) | 67 (53.6) | 44 (56.4) |