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Table 1 Characteristics of 34 to 60-year-old Hindustani-Surinamese, African-Surinamese, and European-Dutch participants

From: Total physical activity might not be a good measure in the relationship with HDL cholesterol and triglycerides in a multi-ethnic population: a cross-sectional study

 

European-Dutch

n= 502

Hindustani-Surinamese

n= 338

African-Surinamese

n= 596

Mean age (SD)

47.8 (6.8)

44.7 (6.7)

43.7 (5.9)

Women, n (%)

254 (50.6)

188 (55.6)

403 (67.6)

Never smokers, n (%)

128 (25.7)

167 (50.6)

250 (43.4)

   Ex-smokers, n (%)

148 (29.7)

42 (12.7)

89 (15.5)

   Current smokers, n (%)

223 (44.7)

121 (36.7)

237 (41.1)

Primary or lower education, n (%)

42 (8.5)

87 (26.2)

42 (7.1)

   Secondary education, n (%)

129 (26.0)

144 (43.4)

244 (41.4)

   College/further education, n (%)

141 (28.4)

67 (20.2)

186 (31.6)

   Academic/polytechnic education, n (%)

184 (37.1)

34 (10.2)

117 (19.9)

Social class, I, n (%)

75 (15.2)

14 (4.7)

47 (8.9)

   II, n (%)

134 (27.2)

37 (12.3)

99 (18.7)

   IIIa, n (%)

78 (15.9)

49 (16.3)

114 (21.6)

   IIIb, n (%)

35 (7.1)

43 (14.3)

109 (20.6)

   IVa-c, n (%)

38 (7.7)

13 (4.3)

13 (2.5)

   V-VI-VII, n (%)

132 (26.8)

144 (48.0)

147 (27.8)

Physical activity

   

Median total score (IQR)

7440 (5400, 10316)

7082 (457511, 317)

8160 (5877, 12157)

   T1 (0, 6180), n (%)

170 (33.9)

139 (41.1)

172 (28.9)

   T2 (6180, 9690), n (%)

187 (37.3)

87 (25.7)

202 (33.9)

   T3 (9690, 38600), n (%)

145 (28.9)

112 (33.1)

222 (37.2)

Mean intensity score (SD)

27.91 (10.0)

21.14 (7.2)

23.69 (8.1)

Mean duration score (SD)

709.57 (303.8)

640.43 (300.9)

779.97 (349.5)

Blood lipids

   

Mean HDL, mmol/L (SD)

1.50 (0.4)

1.28 (0.4)

1.46 (0.4)

Low HDL, n (%)a

96 (19.1)

148 (43.8)

154 (25.8)

Median triglycerides, mmol/L (IQR)

1.08 (0.75, 1.64)

1.24 (0.88, 1.83)

0.84 (0.58, 1.20)

Raised triglycerides, n (%)b

125 (24.9)

106 (31.4)

70 (11.7)

Currently receiving cholesterol/triglyceride medication, n (%)

16 (3.2)

23 (6.8)

8 (1.3)

Known high cholesterol and/or triglycerides

56 (11.2)

55 (16.3)

37 (6.2)

  1. IQR, interquartile range; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; SD, standard deviation. Social class categories adapted from Erikson et al. [15]. Blood lipid values are presented in mmol/L. aLow HDL cholesterol < 1.04 mmol/L (< 40 mg/dL) for men and < 1.29 mmol/L (< 50 mg/dL) for women. bRaised triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/L (≥150 mg/dL) or receiving cholesterol/triglycerides lowering medication. Triglycerides can be converted to mg/dL by multiplying with a factor 88.5. HDL cholesterol levels can be converted to mg/dL by multiplying with a factor 38.6
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