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Table 3 Level of effectiveness of 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)

3, 5

0.004

3.5 (2.75)

3, 5

0.202

 Upper-middle

5 (3)

3.5, 6

3 (3.25)

2, 5

 Low and lower-middle

3 (3.5)

0.5, 4

2 (3)

0, 3

Region

 Africa

2 (4.25)

1, 6

0.175

2 (3)

1, 4

0.265

 Americas

4 (3)

2, 5

3 (3)

1, 4

 Eastern Mediterranean

3 (3.5)

0.4, 5.6

2 (2)

n/a

 Europe

5 (4)

4, 6

5 (3)

3, 5

 South-East Asia

5 (2)

n/a

5 (2)

n/a

 Western Pacific

3 (4)

0, 6.2

3 (2)

n/a

All countries

4 (2)

3, 5

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3 (3.5)

2, 4

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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