Research Article
Disease Combinations Associated with Physical Activity Identified: The SMILE Cohort Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| Characteristics | Total population = 3,386 | Males (47.1%) = 1,595 | Females (52.9%) = 1,791 |
| Age (years) | 67.5 ± 8.3 | 67.5 ± 8.2 | 67.5 ± 8.4 | Length (cm) | 170.0 ± 8.8 | 176.2 ± 6.6 | 164.3 ± 6.5 | Body weight (kg) | 75.1 ± 13.8 | 80.4 ± 13.3 | 70.3 ± 12.3 | Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma | 321 (9.5) | 148 (9.3) | 173 (9.2) | Heart disease or myocardial infarction | 299 (8.8) | 180 (11.3) | 119 (6.6) | Severe bowel disease | 112 (3.3) | 51 (3.2) | 61 (3.4) | Liver disease or cirrhosis | 16 (0.5) | 9 (0.6) | 7 (0.4) | Severe kidney disease | 48 (1.4) | 25 (1.6) | 23 (1.3) | Diabetes mellitus | 230 (6.8) | 122 (7.6) | 108 (6.0) | Malignancy | 77 (2.3) | 44 (2.8) | 33 (1.8) | Epilepsy | 20 (0.6) | 7 (0.4) | 13 (0.7) | Migraine | 158 (4.7) | 52 (3.3) | 106 (5.9) | Stroke or stroke-related complaints | 70 (2.1) | 35 (2.2) | 35 (2.0) | Inflammatory joint disease | 302 (8.9) | 115 (7.2) | 187 (10.4) | Rheumatoid arthritis | 150 (4.4) | 43 (2.7) | 107 (6.0) | Osteoarthritis of knees, hips, or hands | 780 (23.0) | 290 (18.2) | 490 (27.4) | Severe back problems, hernia, sciatica, or osteoarthritis | 517 (15.3) | 239 (15.0) | 278 (15.5) | Persistent injury from an accident at home, in sports, school/work | 132 (3.9) | 61 (3.8) | 71 (4.0) |
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Dichotomous variables are presented as (%) and continuous variables as the mean ± standard deviation.
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