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Table 1 Life pattern combinations, by combining the three (or two) classifications of diet, physical activity and sleep with each other to form 18 life patterns

From: Optimal lifestyle patterns for delaying ageing and reducing all-cause mortality: insights from the UK Biobank

Indicator

Least healthy

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Healthiest

Energy-adjusted dietary inflammation index

Very/moderately anti-inflammatory ( < − 1)

Neutral (from − 1 to 1)

Very/moderately pro-inflammatory (> 1)

Subjective physical activity measurement a

Low (< 600 MET-min/week)

Moderate (600 − 3000 MET-min/week)

High (> 3000 MET-min/week)

Objective physical activity measurement b

Low (< 24.0 milli-gravitational (mg) units)

Moderate (24.0-30.4 mg)

High (> 30.4 mg)

Sleep condition

Unhealthy (sleep assessment score < 4)

 

Healthy (sleep assessment score ≥ 4)

  1. a Subjective physical activity measures are only available for the subjective physical activity dataset
  2. b Objective physical activity measures are only applicable to the Objective Physical Activity dataset