Background
Methods
Participants
Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour data
Demographic and Behavioural data
Statistical analyses
Ethnic differences in physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Results
Participants
Variable | Overall (n = 1252) | White European (n = 963) | South Asian (n = 289) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 60 (27–74) |
62 (40–74)
|
55 (27–74)
|
Adults (18–64) | 826 (66) |
587 (61)
|
239 (83)
|
Older Adults (≥65) | 426 (34) |
376 (39)
|
50 (17)
|
Sex | |||
Male | 640 (51) |
474 (49)
|
166 (57)
|
Female | 612 (49) |
489 (51)
|
123 (43)
|
Occupation | |||
Sedentary | 331 (26) |
262 (27)
|
69 (24)
|
Standing | 215 (17) |
141 (15)
|
74 (26)
|
Manual | 156 (13) |
124 (13)
|
32 (11)
|
Retired/Other | 550 (44) |
436 (45)
|
114 (39)
|
Education | |||
None | 263 (22) | 209 (22) | 54 (19) |
GCSE/O Level/GNVQ | 296 (24) | 226 (24) | 70 (25) |
A Level/College/City & Guilds | 348 (29) | 272 (29) | 76 (27) |
University Degree | 315 (26) | 234 (25) | 81 (29) |
IMD Quintiles | |||
1 (Least deprived) | 307 (25) |
288 (30)
|
19 (7)
|
2 | 241 (19) |
204 (21)
|
37 (13)
|
3 | 279 (22) |
202 (21)
|
77 (27)
|
4 | 244 (20) |
146 (15)
|
98 (34)
|
5 (Most deprived) | 181 (15) |
123 (13)
|
58 (20)
|
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | |||
Low | 108 (9) |
71 (7)
|
37 (13)
|
Medium | 828 (66) |
632 (66)
|
196 (68)
|
High | 316 (25) |
260 (27)
|
56 (19)
|
Alcohol Consumption | |||
Low | 681 (54) |
461 (48)
|
220 (76)
|
Medium | 257 (21) |
223 (23)
|
34 (12)
|
High | 314 (25) |
279 (29)
|
35 (12)
|
Smoking Status | |||
Never Smoked | 646 (52) |
432 (45)
|
214 (74)
|
Current/ex-smoker | 606 (48) |
531 (55)
|
75 (26)
|
Physical Activity (ActiGraph) | |||
Valid Wear Days | 6.5 (0.8) | 6.5 (0.8) | 6.6 (0.8) |
Wear Time | 884 (82) |
880 (79)
|
898 (89)
|
LPA | 304 (85) |
300 (84)
|
317 (87)
|
MVPA | 24 (13; 43) | 24 (13; 44) | 24 (12; 39) |
Steps | 7179 (3177) | 7235 (3243) | 6993 (2948) |
Sedentary Behaviour (activPAL) | |||
Valid Wear Days | 6.6 (0.7) |
6.5 (0.8)
|
6.7 (0.7)
|
Wake Time | 948 (67) |
944 (64)
|
959 (74)
|
Sitting time | 543 (113) |
552 (111)
|
513 (116)
|
Standing time | 295 (97) |
281 (92)
|
335 (103)
|
Stepping time | 111 (41) | 111 (42) | 111 (41) |
Ethnic differences in physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Variable | n | White European | n | South Asian | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actigraph |
945
|
285
| |||
LPA (mins) | 304(299–309) | 304 (295–314) | 0.575 | ||
MVPA (mins) | 33 (31–35) | 24 (21–28) |
< 0.001
| ||
Steps | 7405 (7201–7610) | 6404 (6013–6796) |
< 0.001
| ||
activPAL |
693
|
228
| |||
Sitting Time (mins) | 552 (544–561) | 516 (501–532) |
< 0.001
| ||
Standing Time (mins) | 283 (276–290) | 328 (315–341) |
< 0.001
| ||
Stepping Time (mins) | 114 (111–117) | 102 (96–108) |
0.001
|
Correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Actigraph | activPAL | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LPA | MVPA | Steps | Sitting Time | Standing Time | Stepping Time | |
Occupation | ||||||
Sedentary | 268 (259; 277) | 29 (26; 32) | 6352 (5971; 6733) | 591 (577: 607) | 257 (244; 270) | 98 (92; 104) |
Standing | 319 (308; 329) | 31 (27; 35) | 7511 (7081; 7942) | 502 (485; 518) | 326 (313; 340) | 119 (113; 125) |
Manual | 342 (329; 355) | 33 (29; 38) | 8214 (7680; 8747) | 512 (491; 533) | 312 (294; 330) | 125 (117; 133) |
Retired/Other | 308 (300; 316) | 31 (29; 34) | 7200 (6860; 7541) | 540 (526; 554) | 297 (285; 308) | 111 (106; 116) |
p-valuea |
≤0.001
| 0.190 |
≤0.001
|
≤0.001
|
≤0.001
|
≤0.001
|
Interaction p-valueb | 0.890 | 0.092 | 0.159 | 0.878 | 0.533 | 0.680 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 289 (283; 295) | 36 (34; 38) | 7368 (7124; 7612) | 563 (553; 573) | 273 (265; 282) | 111 (108–115) |
Female | 319 (313; 325) | 26 (24; 28) | 6946 (6698; 7193) | 523 (513; 533) | 314 (306; 323) | 110 (106–114) |
p-valuea |
≤0.001
|
≤0.001
|
0.020
|
≤0.001
|
≤0.001
| 0.645 |
Interaction p-valueb | 0.848 |
0.008
| 0.037 |
0.047
|
0.006
| 0.575 |
Age | ||||||
Adults | 309 (303; 314) | 34 (32–36) | 7484 (7259; 7710) | 539 (530–548) | 295 (288; 303) | 114 (110; 117) |
Older Adults | 294 (286; 302) | 26 (23–29) | 6562 (6300; 6894) | 551 (538–565) | 292 (280; 303) | 105 (100–110) |
p-valuea |
0.007
|
≤0.001
|
≤0.001
| 0.158 | 0.614 |
0.010
|
Interaction p-valueb | 0.676 | 0.077 | 0.121 | 0.514 | 0.780 | 0.265 |
Education | ||||||
None | 318 (309; 328) | 29 (26; 32) | 6985 (6595; 7375) | 549 (534; 564) | 290 (278; 303) | 109 (104; 115) |
GCSE | 309 (300; 318) | 31 (28; 34) | 7403 (7053; 7752) | 532 (518; 546) | 301 (290; 313) | 116 (110; 121) |
A-level/College | 307 (299; 315) | 31 (29; 34) | 7145 (6819; 7471) | 537 (523; 550) | 300 (288; 311) | 112 (107; 117) |
University | 283 (275; 292) | 33 (30; 36) | 7132 (6782; 7483) | 556 (542; 571) | 284 (272; 296) | 107 (101; 112) |
p-valuea |
≤0.001
| 0.080 | 0.444 | 0.056 | 0.137 | 0.085 |
Interaction p-valueb | 0.591 | 0.154 |
0.048
| 0.076 | 0.126 | 0.209 |
Actigraph | activPAL | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LPA | MVPA | Steps | Sitting Time | Standing Time | Stepping Time | |
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | ||||||
Low | 304 (293; 315) | 26 (22; 30) | 6634 (6184; 7083) | 549 (531; 567) | 294 (279; 309) | 105 (99–112) |
Medium | 300 (294; 307) | 31 (28–33) | 7083 (6817–7349) | 548 (537; 559) | 292 (283; 301) | 107 (103; 111) |
High | 307 (301; 314) | 34 (31–36) | 7455 (7186–7725) | 537 (526; 547) | 296 (287; 305) | 116 (112; 120) |
p-valuea | 0.332 |
0.003
|
0.008
| 0.292 | 0.825 |
0.002
|
p-valueb | 0.401 | 0.795 | 0.918 | 0.326 | 0.350 | 0.392 |
Alcohol Consumption | ||||||
Low | 301 (295; 307) | 29 (27; 31) | 6923 (6682; 7163) | 547 (537; 556) | 294 (286–302) | 108 (105; 112) |
Medium | 307 (298; 317) | 31 (27; 34) | 7264 (6881; 7647) | 536 (521; 552) | 298 (385; 311) | 114 (108; 120) |
High | 307 (299; 316) | 35 (32; 38) | 7641 (7280; 8002) | 541 (526; 556) | 292 (279; 304) | 114 (109; 120) |
p-valuea | 0.381 |
0.015
|
0.007
| 0.513 | 0.798 | 0.123 |
p-valueb | 0.765 | 0.945 | 0.850 |
0.006
|
0.002
| 0.815 |
Smoking Status | ||||||
Never Smoked | 303 (297; 309) | 33 (31–35) | 7365 (7116; 7615) | 537 (527–547) | 296 (288; 304) | 115 (111–118) |
Current/ex-smoker | 305 (298–311) | 29 (27–31) | 6967 (6711; 7222) | 550 (540–561) | 291 (283; 300) | 107 (103–110) |
p-valuea | 0.767 |
0.001
|
0.035
| 0.087 | 0.435 |
0.005
|
p-valueb | 0.444 | 0.060 |
0.050
|
0.037
|
0.002
| 0.290 |