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Table 2 Changes in physical activity levels in participants who developed a first coronary event and gender- and age-matched controls, CoLaus|PsyCoLaus study, Lausanne, Switzerland

From: It needs more than a myocardial infarction to start exercising: the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus prospective study

 

Controls (N = 107)

Cases (N = 36)

P-value

Self-reported (min/day)

   

Sedentary

14 ± 15

21 ± 25

0.803

Light

-4 ± 11

12 ± 19

0.485

Moderate

-13 ± 13

-16 ± 20

0.889

Vigorous

-1 ± 1

-2 ± 2

0.782

Self-reported (% time)

   

Sedentary

1.3 ± 1.6

1.8 ± 2.6

0.878

Light

-0.2 ± 1.2

0.9 ± 1.9

0.618

Moderate

-1.1 ± 1.4

1.7 ± 2.0

0.782

Vigorous

-0.2 ± 0.7

-1.0 ± 1.2

0.575

Accelerometer-assessed (min/day)

Controls (N = 93)

Cases (N = 31)

 

Sedentary

17 ± 12

-21 ± 21

0.112

Light

-6 ± 3

-2 ± 4

0.482

Moderate

-21 ± 5

-7 ± 8

0.130

Vigorous

-1 ± 1

-2 ± 1

0.226

Accelerometer-assessed (% time)

   

Sedentary

2.7 ± 0.6

0.1 ± 1.1

0.043

Light

-0.5 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.4

0.207

Moderate

-2.1 ± 0.5

-0.1 ± 0.9

0.042

Vigorous

-0.1 ± 0.1

-0.2 ± 0.1

0.319

  1. Results expressed as average ± standard error. Between-group comparisons performed using mixed methods. A negative value indicates a decrease, a positive value indicates an increase from the first to the second follow-up (self-reported data) or from the second to the third follow-up (accelerometer-assessed data)