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Table 1 Level of comprehensiveness of national PA and SB policies, by income level and world region

From: National physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies in 76 countries: availability, comprehensiveness, implementation, and effectiveness

Category

Physical activity policy

Sedentary behaviour policy

Median (IQR)

95% CI

p

Median (IQR)

95% CI

p

Income

 High

5 (3)

4, 7

0.030

2 (3.5)

1, 3.5

0.157

 Upper-middle

4 (3)

3, 5

2.5 (3.25)

2, 4.5

 Low and lower-middle

2 (3.25)

1, 4

2 (2)

1, 3

Region

 Africa

2.5 (3.75)

1, 5

0.049

2 (2)

1, 3

0.412

 Americas

4 (3.75)

2, 5

2 (3.5)

1, 4

 Eastern Mediterranean

3 (5)

0, 5

1 (3.5)

0, 3.6

 Europe

5 (3)

4, 7

3 (3)

1, 4

 South-East Asia

6.5 (4.75)

2.7, 10

6 (4)

n/a

 Western Pacific

6 (5)

1, 8

2.5 (4.25)

0.2, 4.8

All countries

4 (4)

4, 5

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2 (3)

2, 3

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  1. PA Physical activity, SB Sedentary behaviour, IQR Interquartile range, CI Confidence interval for median, p p-value for the difference between groups from Kruskal-Wallis test, n/a number of countries too small to calculate CI