Research Article

Disease Combinations Associated with Physical Activity Identified: The SMILE Cohort Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

CharacteristicsTotal population 
= 3,386
Males
(47.1%) 
= 1,595
Females
(52.9%) 
= 1,791

Age (years)67.5 ± 8.367.5 ± 8.267.5 ± 8.4
Length (cm)170.0 ± 8.8176.2 ± 6.6164.3 ± 6.5
Body weight (kg)75.1 ± 13.880.4 ± 13.370.3 ± 12.3
Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma321 (9.5)148 (9.3)173 (9.2)
Heart disease or myocardial infarction299 (8.8)180 (11.3)119 (6.6)
Severe bowel disease112 (3.3)51 (3.2)61 (3.4)
Liver disease or cirrhosis16 (0.5)9 (0.6)7 (0.4)
Severe kidney disease48 (1.4)25 (1.6)23 (1.3)
Diabetes mellitus230 (6.8)122 (7.6)108 (6.0)
Malignancy 77 (2.3)44 (2.8)33 (1.8)
Epilepsy20 (0.6)7 (0.4)13 (0.7)
Migraine158 (4.7)52 (3.3)106 (5.9)
Stroke or stroke-related complaints70 (2.1)35 (2.2)35 (2.0)
Inflammatory joint disease302 (8.9)115 (7.2)187 (10.4)
Rheumatoid arthritis150 (4.4)43 (2.7)107 (6.0)
Osteoarthritis of knees, hips, or hands780 (23.0)290 (18.2)490 (27.4)
Severe back problems, hernia, sciatica, or osteoarthritis517 (15.3)239 (15.0)278 (15.5)
Persistent injury from an accident at home, in sports, school/work132 (3.9)61 (3.8)71 (4.0)

Dichotomous variables are presented as (%) and continuous variables as the mean ± standard deviation.