Table 1 Age, proportion of men and women, and HADS scores in the trajectory groups

Daily step counts

Group 1 (n = 30)

Group 2 (n = 77)

Group 3 (n = 50)

Group 4 (n = 26)

Group 5 (n = 6)

Group 6 (n = 2)

Age^*

71.9 (4.6)

70.4 (4.5)

67.8 (2.7)

67.9 (3.0)

69.7 (4.6)

68.0 (1.4)

Group 1 > Group 3 (p < 0.01), Group 1 > Group 4 (p < 0.01), Group 2 > Group 3 (p < 0.01)

Number of men

14

34

28

12

3

1

 Baseline

5.5 (3.2)

4.0 (3.9)

3.8 (2.9)

4.7 (2.9)

4.6 (3.3)

7.5 (2.1)

 Fifth year

4.9 (3.5)

3.9 (3.8)

3.4 (3.0)

3.5 (2.5)

3.7 (1.8)

4.5 (3.5)

 Baseline

5.8 (2.6)

4.2 (3.1)

4.0 (2.3)

4.8 (3.1)

4.7 (2.8)

4.0 (1.4)

 Fifth year

5.2 (3.4)

3.5 (2.9)

3.0 (2.4)

4.6 (3.2)

2.7 (2.8)

6.5 (2.1)

Duration of MVPA

Group 1 (n = 106)

Group 2 (n = 57)

Group 3 (n = 3)

Group 4 (n = 23)

Group 5 (n = 2)

Age^†

70.6 (4.4)

68.6 (3.7)

70.7 (5.5)

67.6 (3.1)

68.0 (1.4)

Group 1 > Group 2 (p = 0.02), Group 1 > Group 4 (p = 0.01)

Number of men

44

31

2

14

1

 Baseline

4.5 (3.6)

4.1 (3.4)

2.3 (0.6)

3.9 (2.7)

7.5 (2.1)

 Fifth year^‡

4.4 (3.8)

3.0 (2.8)

3.2 (1.0)

3.6 (2.8)

4.5 (3.5)

Group 1 > Group 2 (p = 0.02)

 Baseline

4.8 (3.0)

4.1 (3.0)

3.3 (1.5)

4.2 (2.5)

4.0 (1.4)

 Fifth year

4.1 (3.2)

3.3 (2.5)

2.7 (2.1)

3.5 (3.1)

6.5 (2.1)