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Table 1 Summary of participant’s individual characteristics, daytime activity log, and distance from participant’s home to different destinations in the village

From: Association between physical activity and activity space in different farming seasons among rural Lao PDR residents

Category

Wave 1 (Jun 2010)

Wave 2 (Sep 2010)

Wave 3 (Dec 2010)

Wave 4 (Mar 2011)

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Individual characteristics

Number of Participants

15

15

16

16

13

19

14

15

Age

39.6

10.0

36.8

9.9

37.3

9.8

35.1

10.0

38.0

10.7

35.4

10.2

36.5

8.6

35.9

7.8

Body weight (kg)

55.5

7.9

54.3

12.5

58.6

9.8

51.3

6.9

57.4

10.1

52.1

9.6

58.5

9.7

55.6

11.4

Body height (cm)

158

5

151

9

161

6

151

5

159

6

151

7

161

6

152

8

BMI (kg/m2)

22.0

2.3

23.6

3.8

22.6

2.8

22.4

2.5

22.4

2.5

22.9

3.0

22.5

2.9

24.0

3.7

Number of Overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)

2

5

3

2

2

5

2

5

Daytime activity log (hours)

Time spent for outdoor activities

Rice cultivating

4.4

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.1

2.0

0.8

1.0

3.8

2.9

2.0

2.3

1.6

1.6

0.7

0.8

Fishing

0.6

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

1.2

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.6

0.7

0.0

0.1

Livestock grazing

0.9

1.0

0.9

0.9

2.0

2.3

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.5

0.6

1.8

1.5

0.8

1.0

Hunting & gathering

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.5

Time spent for indoor activities

Weaving

0.0

0.0

1.6

1.9

0.0

0.0

2.6

2.3

0.0

0.0

1.8

2.2

0.0

0.0

2.4

2.2

Housework

0.5

0.8

2.6

2.2

0.6

0.8

3.2

1.6

1.7

1.7

2.7

1.8

2.9

2.2

2.9

2.5

Time spent for other activities

Chatting with other people, eating and drinking, and resting

5.5

1.6

4.4

1.0

6.6

2.1

4.6

1.3

5.4

1.6

4.7

1.0

5.0

1.5

5.0

1.5

Distance from participant’s home to different destinations (meters)

Paddy fielda

1724

879

1724

878

1699

1233

1698

1233

1882

1429

1875

1138

1610

1237

1509

12,252

Health center

483

79

482

78

562

262

563

262

551

304

539

249

552

288

554

273

Primary school

539

77

538

76

617

266

618

266

606

308

595

252

608

292

609

277

Middle school

415

78

414

76

493

266

494

266

482

308

471

252

484

292

485

277

Local market

415

79

415

79

495

258

496

257

484

299

471

245

485

283

487

268

Temple

319

70

319

69

341

122

340

122

374

133

344

119

361

130

353

121

Mini shop

68

55

68

53

124

238

124

237

160

259

121

218

139

254

128

245

  1. aTwo participants who did not have paddy fields were excluded from the calculation of distance from participants’ home to paddy fields