Different Types of Physical Activity and Fitness and Health in Adults: An 18-Year Longitudinal Study

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of adult participants of the longitudinal study in Germany.

Variable	All participants	Females	Males
N	723	366	357
Number of observations	1681	828	853
Initial age (years)
Average age (years)
Average BMI (kg/m^2)
Athletes	62.3%	59.2%	65.4%
SES
Low	6.9%	9.7%	4.0%
Low/mid	25.7%	24.4%	26.9%
Mid/high	37.1%	44.3%	30.0%
High	30.3%	21.5%	39.1%