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Table 1 Characteristics of participants overall and by quartile of work-related physical activity

From: Association of work-related and leisure-time physical activity with workplace food purchases, dietary quality, and health of hospital employees

 

Work-related physical activity quartiles

Variable

Total

N = 602

Q1 (lowest)

N = 174

0 met-hours per week

Q2

N = 127

1–14

met-hours per week

Q3

N = 151

14–51

met-hours per week

Q4 (highest)

N = 150

52–254

met-hours per week

 

M (SD)

Age (years)

43.6 (12.2)

45.2 (12.0)

43.9 (12.5)

43.5 (12.2)

41.7 (12.2)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

124 (20.6)

29 (16.7)

17 (13.4)

37 (24.5)

41 (27.3)

 Female

478 (79.4)

145 (83.3)

110 (86.6)

114 (75.5)

109 (72.7)

Race

 White

488 (81.1)

137 (78.7)

101 (79.5)

127 (84.1)

123 (82.0)

 Black

54 (9.0)

16 (9.2)

15 (11.8)

12 (8.0)

11 (7.3)

 Asian

27 (4.5)

10 (5.8)

8 (6.3)

4 (2.7)

5 (3.3)

 Other/Not reported

33 (5.5)

11 (6.3)

3 (2.4)

8 (5.3)

11 (7.3)

Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic/Latino/a

556 (92.4)

162 (93.1)

116 (91.3)

142 (94.0)

136 (90.7)

 Hispanic/Latino/a

34 (5.6)

9 (5.2)

8 (6.3)

7 (4.6)

10 (6.7)

 Not reported

12 (2.0)

3 (1.7)

3 (2.4)

2 (1.3)

4 (2.7)

Job Type

 Administrative/Service

84 (14.0)

34 (19.5)

19 (15.0)

12 (8.0)

19 (12.7)

  Craft/Technicians

67 (11.1)

16 (9.2)

8 (6.3)

13 (8.6)

30 (20.0)

  Management/ Professionals

377 (62.6)

100 (57.5)

74 (58.3)

106 (70.2)

97 (64.7)

  MDs/PhDs

74 (12.3)

24 (13.8)

26 (20.5)

20 (13.3)

4 (2.7)

Education Level

 High School/Some College

75 (12.5)

30 (17.2)

10 (7.9)

14 (9.3)

21 (14.0)

 College Degree

240 (39.9)

56 (32.2)

44 (34.6)

60 (39.7)

80 (53.3)

 Graduate Degree

284 (47.2)

88 (50.6)

73 (57.5)

76 (50.3)

47 (31.3)

 Not reported

3 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

2 (1.3)

Current Smoker

17 (2.8)

3 (1.7)

2 (1.6)

6 (4.0)

6 (4.0)