Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and distribution of body weight and health status of study participants across different groups of physical activity
Men | P value | Women | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n = 1368) | Moderate (n = 1347) | High (n = 842) | Low (n = 1184) | Moderate (n = 2545) | High (n = 514) | |||
Age (year) | 47.1 ± 14.9 | 47.8 ± 16.7 | 43.6 ± 15.0 | < 0.001 | 47.5 ± 15.9 | 46.2 ± 13.6 | 43.4 ± 12.7 | < 0.001 |
Marital status n(%) | ||||||||
Married | 1113 (81.5) | 1040 (77.2) | 617 (73.3) | < 0.001 | 805 (68.2) | 1985 (78.1) | 390 (76.0) | < 0.001 |
Unmarried (single/widowed/divorced) | 253 (18.5) | 307 (22.8) | 225 (26.7) | 375 (31.8) | 558 (21.9) | 123 (24.0) | ||
Level of education n(%) | ||||||||
Illiterate/Primary | 263 (19.3) | 261 (19.4) | 171 (20.3) | 0.054 | 394 (33.3) | 671 (26.4) | 100 (19.5) | < 0.001 |
Secondary | 549 (40.2) | 568 (42.2) | 383 (45.5) | 418 (35.3) | 1045 (41.1) | 212 (41.3) | ||
Higher | 554 (40.6) | 518 (38.5) | 288 (34.2) | 372 (31.4) | 827 (32.5) | 201 (39.2) | ||
Job status n(%) | ||||||||
Unemployed/student/housewife | 105 (7.7) | 116 (8.6) | 51 (6.1) | < 0.001 | 836 (70.6) | 1869 (73.5) | 298 (58.1) | < 0.001 |
Unemployed, but had other sources of income | 231 (16.9) | 333 (24.7) | 100 (11.9) | 132 (11.1) | 243 (9.6) | 40 (7.8) | ||
Employed | 1031 (75.4) | 898 (66.7) | 691 (82.1) | 216 (18.2) | 431 (16.9) | 175 (34.1) | ||
Body weight status n(%) | ||||||||
Normal weight | 363 (26.6) | 384 (28.6) | 289 (34.4) | < 0.001 | 335 (28.6) | 692 (27.4) | 147 (28.7) | < 0.001 |
Overweight | 616 (45.2) | 667 (49.6) | 367 (43.7) | 399 (34.0) | 962 (38.1) | 229 (44.6) | ||
Obese | 385 (28.2) | 294 (21.9) | 184 (21.9) | 438 (37.4) | 874 (34.6) | 137 (26.7) | ||
Diabetes | ||||||||
Yes | 209 (16.8) | 188 (15.6) | 77 (10.1) | < 0.001 | 199 (18.9) | 335 (14.8) | 50 (10.8) | < 0.001 |
Hypertension | ||||||||
Yes | 341 (25.0) | 349 (25.9) | 151 (17.9) | < 0.001 | 310 (26.4) | 500 (19.7) | 70 (13.7) | < 0.001 |
History of CVD/CHD | ||||||||
Yes | 159 (11.6) | 166 (12.3) | 43 (5.1) | < 0.001 | 104 (8.8) | 149 (5.9) | 18 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
Chronic kidney diseases n(%) | ||||||||
Yes | 201 (15.0) | 238 (18.0) | 97 (11.8) | < 0.001 | 376 (32.4) | 745 (29.8) | 105 (20.7) | < 0.001 |
Cancer n(%) | ||||||||
Yes | 10 (0.7) | 18 (1.3) | 10 (1.2) | 0.286 | 22 (1.9) | 33 (1.3) | 6 (1.2) | 0.350 |