Table 1 Participant descriptive characteristics by physical activity and body mass index change groups (n = 116,228).

From: Changes in physical activity and adiposity with all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality

Physical activity

 

Decrease

Stable

Increase

BMI

 

Decrease

Stable

Increase

Decrease

Stable

Increase

Decrease

Stable

Increase

Total

n (%)

116,228 (100)

1125 (1.0)

13,022 (11.2)

3366 (2.9)

4115 (3.5)

45,920 (39.5)

10,353 (8.9)

2764 (2.4)

28,565 (24.6)

6998 (6.0)

Female, n (%)

53,671 (46.2)

480 (42.7)

5748 (44.1)

1242 (36.9)

1589 (38.6)

21,154 (46.1)

4348 (42.0)

1186 (42.9)

14,581 (51.0)

3343 (47.8)

Age

38.0 (11.7)

40.9 (13.9)

38.1 (12.6)

34.6 (12.1)

41.3 (12.8)

38.6 (11.8)

35.9 (11.6)

40.0 (11.3)

37.7 (10.7)

35.6 (10.2)

Follow-up, years

11.9 (3.5)

11.7 (3.8)

12.0 (3.9)

12.0 (3.5)

11.7 (3.5)

11.7 (3.6)

11.7 (3.3)

12.0 (3.3)

12.1 (3.1)

12.0 (2.7)

Education, n (%)

 No schooling

2471 (2.1)

44 (3.9)

333 (2.6)

44 (1.3)

107 (2.6)

947 (2.1)

154 (1.5)

77 (2.8)

653 (2.3)

112 (1.6)

 Elementary

9209 (7.9)

160 (14.2)

1182 (9.1)

264 (7.8)

441 (10.7)

3509 (7.6)

660 (6.4)

280 (10.1)

2231 (7.8)

482 (6.9)

 Junior High

5645 (4.9)

78 (6.9)

779 (6.0)

173 (5.1)

214 (5.2)

2237 (4.9)

436 (4.2)

134 (4.8)

1297 (4.5)

297 (4.2)

 Senior High

24,523 (21.1)

245 (21.8)

2787 (21.4)

781 (23.2)

872 (21.2)

9138 (19.9)

2164 (20.9)

605 (21.9)

6263 (21.9)

1668 (23.8)

 Vocational

28,562 (24.6)

187 (16.6)

3027 (23.2)

797 (23.7)

840 (20.4)

10,957 (23.9)

2634 (25.4)

642 (23.2)

7466 (26.1)

2012 (28.8)

 College/ University

32,733 (28.2)

282 (25.1)

3488 (26.8)

949 (28.2)

1085 (26.4)

13,558 (29.5)

3117 (30.1)

687 (24.9)

7755 (27.1)

1812 (25.9)

 Graduate School

13,085 (11.3)

129 (11.5)

1426 (11.0)

358 (10.6)

556 (13.5)

5574 (12.1)

1188 (11.5)

339 (12.3)

2900 (10.2)

615 (8.8)

Smoking status, n (%)

 Never

79,156 (68.1)

779 (69.2)

8757 (67.2)

2234 (66.4)

2782 (67.6)

31,500 (68.6)

6915 (66.8)

1838 (66.5)

19,655 (68.8)

4696 (67.1)

 2nd hand

6395 (5.5)

51 (4.5)

688 (5.3)

194 (5.8)

204 (5.0)

2496 (5.4)

615 (5.9)

130 (4.7)

1592 (5.6)

425 (6.1)

 Former

6958 (6.0)

78 (6.9)

815 (6.3)

212 (6.3)

317 (7.7)

2774 (6.0)

574 (5.5)

199 (7.2)

1624 (5.7)

365 (5.2)

 Frequently

4385 (3.8)

44 (3.9)

563 (4.3)

132 (3.9)

161 (3.9)

1766 (3.8)

412 (4.0)

108 (3.9)

974 (3.4)

225 (3.2)

 Daily

19,334 (16.6)

173 (15.4)

2199 (16.9)

594 (17.6)

651 (15.8)

7384 (16.1)

1837 (17.7)

489 (17.7)

4720 (16.5)

1287 (18.4)

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

 None

96,245 (82.8)

904 (80.4)

10,643 (81.7)

2772 (82.4)

3330 (80.9)

37,777 (82.3)

8475 (81.9)

2298 (83.1)

24,160 (84.6)

5886 (84.1)

 Former

2483 (2.1)

27 (2.4)

335 (2.6)

72 (2.1)

107 (2.6)

930 (2.0)

225 (2.2)

53 (1.9)

577 (2.0)

157 (2.2)

 1-2 times/wk

11,872 (10.2)

131 (11.6)

1423 (10.9)

365 (10.8)

449 (10.9)

4872 (10.6)

1139 (11.0)

270 (9.8)

2578 (9.0)

645 (9.2)

 3-4 times/wk

3882 (3.3)

41 (3.6)

431 (3.3)

106 (3.1)

158 (3.8)

1631 (3.6)

355 (3.4)

91 (3.3)

850 (3.0)

219 (3.1)

 Daily

1746 (1.5)

22 (2.0)

190 (1.5)

51 (1.5)

71 (1.7)

710 (1.5)

159 (1.5)

52 (1.9)

400 (1.4)

91 (1.3)

Dieta

2.1 (1.23)

2.1 (1.3)

2.1 (1.2)

2.1 (1.2)

2.1 (1.2)

2.0 (1.2)

2.0 (1.2)

2.0 (1.2)

1.9 (1.1)

1.9 (1.1)

Sleep, n (%)b

 ≤4 h

895 (0.8)

10 (0.9)

111 (0.9)

25 (0.7)

40 (1.0)

368 (0.8)

73 (0.7)

21 (0.8)

196 (0.7)

51 (0.7)

 >4 to ≤ 6 h

21,982 (18.9)

210 (18.7)

2494 (19.2)

666 (19.8)

806 (19.6)

8822 (19.2)

2016 (19.5)

570 (20.6)

5130 (18.0)

1268 (18.1)

 >6 to ≤ 8 h

84,724 (72.9)

828 (73.6)

9440 (72.5)

2417 (71.8)

2954 (71.8)

33,551 (73.1)

7486 (72.3)

1967 (71.2)

20,952 (73.3)

5129 (73.3)

 >8 h

8627 (7.4)

77 (6.8)

977 (7.5)

258 (7.7)

315 (7.7)

3179 (6.9)

778 (7.5)

206 (7.5)

2287 (8.0)

550 (7.9)

Hypertension, n (%)

5478 (4.7)

76 (6.8)

711 (5.5)

100 (3.0)

272 (6.6)

2383 (5.2)

363 (3.5)

150 (5.4)

1235 (4.3)

188 (2.7)

Diabetes, n (%)

1699 (1.5)

36 (3.2)

231 (1.8)

32 (1.0)

119 (2.9)

712 (1.6)

93 (0.9)

76 (2.7)

358 (1.3)

42 (0.6)

Baseline, Median [IQR]

 Physical Activityc

3.2 [0.0, 6.8]

4.7 [3.7, 11.7]

4.7 [3.7, 11.7]

5.7 [4.8, 12.7]

3.7 [1.2, 13.7]

3.7 [1.2, 8.7]

3.7 [1.2, 8.7]

1.2 [0.0, 2.2]

1.8 [0.0, 2.7]

0.6 [0.0, 1.2]

 Body mass Indexd

22.8 [20.8, 25.0]

24.6 [23.4, 25.4]

22.6 [20.6, 25.7]

22.6 [21.6, 23.9]

24.5 [23.4, 25.4]

22.5 [20.5, 25.6]

22.6 [21.7, 23.9]

24.6 [23.4, 25.5]

22.2 [20.4, 25.5]

22.6 [21.6, 23.9]

 Body fat percent

25.5 [22.0, 29.7]

27.9 [23.6, 32.9]

25.4 [21.7, 29.5]

23.6 [20.3, 28.2]

27.3 [23.5, 32.4]

25.6 [22.1, 29.5]

24.3 [21.1, 28.8]

28.2 [24.2, 33.3]

25.7 [22.4, 29.8]

25.0 [21.7, 29.5]

 Waist Circumferencee

76.0 [70.0, 84.0]

81.0 [76.0, 85.0]

76.0 [70.0, 85.0]

75.0 [71.0, 80.0]

81.0 [76.0, 85.0]

76.0 [69.0, 85.0]

75.0 [70.0, 81.0]

81.0 [76.0, 86.0]

75.0 [69.0, 84.0]

75.0 [70.0, 80.0]

Follow-up, Median [IQR]

 Physical Activityc

3.7 [1.2, 8.7]

1.2 [0.6, 3.7]

1.2 [0.6, 3.7]

1.2 [0.6, 3.7]

3.7 [1.2, 13.7]

3.7 [1.2, 8.7]

2.7 [1.2, 8.7]

8.7 [2.1, 15.7]

3.7 [1.2, 9.7]

3.7 [1.2, 8.7]

 Body mass Indexd

23.2 [21.2, 25.5]

22.8 [22.2, 24.2]

22.7 [21.0, 26.1]

24.5 [23.4, 25.6]

22.8 [22.3, 24.2]

22.6 [20.9, 25.9]

24.3 [23.3, 25.5]

22.8 [22.2, 24.1]

22.5 [20.8, 25.7]

24.4 [23.3, 25.6]

 Body fat percent

26.4 [22.7, 30.7]

25.1 [21.5, 29.5]

26.2 [22.5, 30.5]

26.9 [23.1, 32.2]

24.5 [21.0, 29.2]

26.2 [22.6, 30.2]

27.1 [23.0, 32.7]

25.1 [21.1, 29.3]

26.4 [22.9, 30.4]

28.2 [23.7, 33.6]

 Waist Circumferencee

78.0 [71.0, 85.0]

78.0 [73.0, 82.0]

78.0 [71.0, 86.0]

81.0 [76.0, 86.0]

78.0 [73.0, 82.0]

77.0 [70.0, 86.0]

81.0 [75.0, 86.0]

77.0 [72.0, 82.0]

76.0 [70.0, 85.0]

81.0 [75.0, 86.0]

Mortality rate/1000 person-yearsf

 All-cause

2.8

2.5

3.3

6.2

2.4

2.8

4.4

1.6

2.4

3.6

 CVD

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.8

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.6

 Cancer

1.3

1.1

1.4

2.6

1.1

1.3

1.9

0.8

1.2

1.6

  1. aFruits and vegetable servings/day.
  2. bh/day.
  3. cUnits = Met-h/week.
  4. dUnits = Kg/m2.
  5. eUnits = centimetres.
  6. fCalculated from Body Mass Index sample.