ABC | Volume 110, Nº1, January 2018

Original Article Pitanga et al Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors Arq Bras Cardiol. 2018; 110(1):36-43 Table 1 – Baseline sample characteristics: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010 Males (n = 6,222) Females (n = 7,499) p Age (years) 34–50 3,112 (49.3%) 3,675 (48.3%) 51–60 1,941 (30.7%) 2,437 (32.0%) > 60 1,261 (20.0%) 1,500 (19.7%) 0.27 Family income (Minimum wages) Up to 2 72 (1.1%) 101 (1.3%) 2 to 8 2,496 (39.7%) 2,968 (39.2%) 8 to 18 2,100 (33.4%) 2,927 (38.6%) Above 18 1,619 (25.8%) 1,582 (20.9%) 0.00 Education Incomplete elementary school 489 (7.7%) 265 (3.5%) Complete elementary school 515 (8.2%) 388 (5.1%) Complete high school 2,116 (33.5%) 2,723 (35.7%) Complete higher education/post-graduation 3,194 (50.6%) 4,236 (55.7%) 0.00 Work situation Retired 879 (13.9%) 1,615 (21.2%) Active 5,431 (86.1%) 5,991 (78.8%) 0.00 Obesity BMI < 30 kg/m 2 4,985 (78.9%) 5,755 (75.6%) BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 1,329 (21.1%) 1,857 (24.4%) 0.00 Commuting physical activity Insufficiently active 3,955 (63.6%) 5,081 (67.7%) Active 2,267 (36.4%) 2,418 (32.3%) 0.00 Leisure-time physical activity Sedentary 2,308 (37.1%) 3,572 (47.6%) Insufficiently active 1,166 (18.7%) 1,366 (18.2%) Active 1,562 (25.1%) 1,690 (22.6%) Very active 1,186 (19.1%) 871 (11.6%) 0.00 Cardiovascular risk scores Framingham score — coronary heart disease (Cholesterol) Score < 20% 5,481 (86.8%) 7,484 (98.3%) Score ≥ 20% 833 (13.2%) 128 (1.7%) 0.00 Framingham score — coronary heart disease (LDL-C) Score < 20% 5,792 (91.7%) 7,435 (97.7%) Score ≥ 20% 522 (8.3%) 177 (2.3%) 0.00 Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (cholesterol) Score < 20% 4,742 (75.3%) 7,194 (94.6%) Score ≥ 20% 1,554 (24.7%) 408 (5.4%) 0.00 Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (BMI) Score < 20% 4,355 (69.2%) 6,997 (92.1%) Score ≥ 20% 1,938 (30.8%) 603 (7.9%) 0.00 Pooled cohort equations for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk Score < 20% 5,480 (88.3%) 7,304 (97.1%) Score ≥ 20% 728 (11.7%) 219 (2.9%) 0.00 BMI: body mass index; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein. Values for both males and females were compared with chi-square test. 39