Table 2

Baseline objective measures of physical activity and anthropometry of ENABLE London adult participants, by housing sector

Social housingSeeking intermediate housingSeeking market rent housingAll participants
Daily physical activity5055042211230
 Compliance*66%84%89%78%
 Number with compliant PA data336421197954
 Steps/day7803 (3303)9684 (2924)9337 (2990)8950 (3190)
 Time in light activity (min/day)†175 (140, 212)128 (101, 157)117 (90, 156)139 (106, 180)
 Time in MVPA (min/day)50 (26)65 (23)65 (25)60 (26)
 Time in 10 min bouts of MVPA (min/day)†7 (1, 15)21 (10, 34)21 (12, 36)15 (6, 30)
 Registered time (min/day)775 (82)802 (72)808 (69)794 (77)
Anthropometry5165152261257
 Height (m)1.65 (0.09)1.71 (0.10)1.72 (0.10)1.69 (0.10)
 Weight (kg)†70.9 (62.7, 84.1)70.6 (61.8, 80.8)72.8 (61.0, 80.3)71.1 (61.9, 81.7)
 BMI (kg/m2)†26.3 (23.4, 30.5)23.9 (21.9, 26.7)23.8 (21.5, 25.8)24.7 (22.2, 27.8)
 Number obese based on BMI (%)‡138 (26.7)50 (9.7)13 (5.8)201 (16.0)
 Fat mass (kg)†¶22.8 (15.6, 31.2)15.4 (11.1, 21.4)14.8 (10.8, 19.9)17.7 (12.6, 25.5)
 Number obese based on fat mass (%)§¶315 (61.4)145 (28.8)52 (23.1)512 (41.3)
  • Mean and SD presented for normally distributed variables.

  • *Compliance defined as 9 hours/day for at least 4days.

  • †Non-normally distributed variables presented as median and IQR (lower quartile to upper quartile).

  • ‡Obesity defined as BMI≥30 kg/m2.

  • §Obesity defined as ≥30% body fat in females, and ≥25% body fat in males.

  • ¶Sixteen missing responses.