Baseline characteristics of the SHAPE-2 study participants.

PCS: Physical Component Score (1–5). MCS: Mental Component Score (4–8). NOTE 1. Data available for: VO2peak n = 237 (97.5%); alcohol intake, n = 226 (93.0%); SQUASH physical activity questionnaire, n = 236 (97.1%); ActiGraph accelerometer, n = 161 (out of 215 (74.9%)). For SF-36: domains social functioning, health change, and physical and mental component summary score, n = 229 (94.2%, control group, n = 43; diet group, n = 93; exercise group, n = 93); for physical functioning, role-physical and role-emotional, n = 228 (93.8%); and bodily pain, n = 227 (93.4%). NOTE 2. The eight SF-36 domain scores range from 0 to 100, a higher score on the scale indicates a better health status. The score of the domain ‘health change’ ranges from 0 to 100, a score of 50 means no change in perceived health, a score 50 improvement. The summary scores PCS and MCS are sex-standardised and represent health scores of the Dutch population with a mean of 50, and a standard deviation (SD) of 10. For example, a PCS score of 60 indicates that physical health is improved with one SD in our study population compared to the general female population.* Education, low: primary school and technical/professional school. Middle: college degree. High: university degree† GT3X+ ActiGraph activity monitor. Minutes/day of activity spent in each activity category. Activity categories are based on Freedson 1998 cutoff points.‡Based on the SQUASH physical activity questionnaire, activities performed ≥4 METs.Baseline characteristics of the SHAPE-2 study participants.