Table 1 Age-adjusted prevalence (%) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for physically inactive and active women and men at baseline and at follow-up.
From: Changes in occupational class differences in leisure-time physical activity: a follow-up study
| Â | Physically inactive, <14 MET1hours/week | Physically active, >30 MET1hours/week | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Baseline | Follow-up | Â | Baseline | Follow-up | Â | ||||
| Â | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | Change %-unit | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | Change %-unit |
Women | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Professionals (n = 1524) | 24 | [21.4-25.7] | 19 | [17.2-21.1] | -5 | 35 | [32.7-37.4] | 42 | [39.3-44.2] | +7 |
Semi-professionals (n = 1138) | 21 | [18.7-23.4] | 18 | [16.0-20.5] | -3 | 39 | [36.2-42.0] | 44 | [41.5-47.3] | +5 |
Routine non-manual employees (n = 2227) | 25 | [23.3-26.8] | 24 | [22.1-25.7] | -1 | 36 | [34.1-38.0] | 36 | [34.3-38.2] | 0 |
Manual workers (n = 763) | 26 | [23.2-29.4] | 27 | [24.3-30.6] | +1 | 37 | [33.1-39.9] | 33 | [30.0-36.6] | -4 |
Total (n = 5652) | 24 | [22.9-25.1] | 22 | [20.9-23.1] | -2 | 37 | [35.2-37.8] | 39 | [37.7-40.3] | +2 |
Men | % | Â | % | Â | Â | % | Â | % | Â | Â |
Professionals (n = 584) | 20 | [17.1-23.6] | 20 | [16.6-23.1] | 0 | 46 | [41.6-49.7] | 49 | [45.0-53.1] | +3 |
Semi-professionals (n = 257) | 29 | [23.4-34.6] | 22 | [16.8-26.8] | -7 | 42 | [36.0-48.2] | 45 | [39.3-51.4] | +3 |
Routine non-manual employees (n = 128) | 27 | [19.7-35.1] | 21 | [13.7-27.7] | -6 | 42 | [33.0-50.0] | 43 | [34.8-51.9] | +1 |
Manual workers (n = 310) | 28 | [23.3-33.3] | 36 | [30.3-40.9] | +8 | 40 | [34.9-45.7] | 31 | [26.1-36.4] | -9 |
Total (n = 1279) | 25 | [22.3-27.1] | 24 | [21.9-26.5] | -1 | 43 | [40.5-45.9] | 43 | [40.7-46.1] | +0 |