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Table 2 Physical activity levels in the study population

From: Physical activity and inactivity patterns in India – results from the ICMR-INDIAB study (Phase-1) [ICMR-INDIAB-5]

 Physical activity

Rural

Urban

Overall

 

Male (n = 5002)

Female (n = 5052)

Total (n = 10054)

Male (n = 2069)

Female (n = 2104)

Total (n = 4173)

Inactive n (%)

2014 (40.3)

3011 (59.6)*

5025 (50.0)

1214 (58.7)#

1498 (71.2)*@

2712 (65.0)$

Active n (%)

2040 (40.8)

1407 (27.8)*

3447 (34.3)

605 (29.2)#

485 (23.0)*@

1090 (26.1)$

Highly active n (%)

948 (18.9)

634 (12.6)*

1582 (15.7)

250 (12.1)#

121 (5.8)*@

371 (8.9)$

Chandigarh

 

Male (n = 1240)

Female (n = 1192)

Total (n = 2432)

Male (n = 444)

Female (n = 464)

Total (n = 908)

Inactive n (%)

670 (54.0)

895 (75.1)*

1565 (64.4)

279 (62.8)#

386 (83.2)*@

665 (73.2)$

Active n (%)

379 (30.6)

224 (18.8)*

603 (24.8)

122 (27.5)#

62 (13.4)*@

184 (20.3)$

Highly active n (%)

191(15.4)

73 (6.1)*

264 (10.8)

43 (9.7)#

16 (3.5)*@

59 (6.5)$

Jharkhand

 

Male (n = 1197

Female(n = 1187)

Total(n = 2384)

Male(n = 482)

Female(n = 463)

Total(n = 945)

Inactive n (%)

165 (13.8)

525 (44.2)*

690 (28.9)

214 (44.4)##

256 (55.3)**@

470 (47.8)$

Active n (%)

732 (61.2)

460 (38.8)*

1192 (50.0)

205 (42.5)#

176 (38.01)@

381 (42.2)$

Highly active n (%)

300 (25.1)

202 (17.0)*

502 (21.1)

63 (13.1)#

31 (6.7)*@

94 (10.0)$

Maharashtra

 

Male(n = 1313)

Female(n = 1343)

Total(n = 2656)

Male(n = 625)

Female(n = 623)

Total(n = 1248)

Inactive n (%)

576 (43.9)

763 (56.8)*

1339 (50.4)

389 (62.2)#

428 (68.5)@

816 (65.4)$

Active n (%)

474 (36.1)

370 (27.6)*

844 (31.8)

159 (25.5)#

144 (23.1)@

303 (24.3)$

Highly active n (%)

263 (20.0)

210 (15.6)**

473 (17.8)

77 (12.3)#

52 (8.4)**@

129 (10.3)$

Tamilnadu

 

Male(n = 1252)

Female(n = 1330)

Total(n = 2582)

Male(n = 518 )

Female(n = 554)

Total(n = 1072)

Inactive n (%)

603 (48.2)

828 (62.3)*

1431 (55.4)

332 (64.1)#

429 (77.4)*@

761 (71.0)$

Active n (%)

455 (36.3)

353 (26.5)*

808 (31.3)

119 (23.0)#

103 (18.6)@

222 (20.7)$

Highly active n (%)

194 (15.5)

149 (11.2)**

343 (13.3)

67 (12.9)#

22 (4.0)*@

89 (8.3)$

  1. *p <0.001 compared to male subjects; **p <0.05 compared to male subjects.
  2. $p < 0.001 compared to rural residents; #p <0.001 compared to rural male subjects; ##p <0.05 compared to rural male subjects; @p <0.001compared to rural female subjects.