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. 2023 Oct 18;23:2034. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16895-y

Table 2.

Prevalence of physical sufficient and insufficient physical activity among the participants based on their sociodemographic data

Variable Insufficient physical activity (n = 1420) Sufficient physical activity (n = 3275) P-value Chi-square value
Age (year) 45.24 (7.44) 46.47 (7.84) < 0.001  -
Gender Male 1103 (25.8%) 3180 (74.2%) < 0.001 466.8
Female 317 (76.9%) 95 (23.1%)
Place of residence Urban 1134 (38.6%) 1805 (61.4%) < 0.001 259
Rural 286 (16.3%) 1470 (83.7%)
Marital status Single 59 (44.4%) 74 (55.6%) < 0.001 < 0.001
Ever married 1361 (29.8%) 3201 (70.2%)
Education status Illiterate 266 (21.2%) 994 (78.9%) < 0.001 147.6
Less than a high school diploma 572 (27.9%) 1481 (72.1%)
High school diploma or higher 582 (42.1%) 800 (57.9%)
Cigarrete smoking Never 532 (35%) 988 (65%) < 0.001 29.5
Current smoker 243 (26.2%) 686 (73.8%)
Former smoker 160 (25.9%) 458 (74.1%)
Passive smoker 466 (29.6%) 1108 (70.4%)
Alcohol use No 1296 (30.6%) 2941 (69.4%) 0.12 2.4
Yes 124 (27.1%) 334 (72.9%)
Body mass index (kg/m2) Underweight (18.4<) 16 (18.8%) 69 (81.2%) < 0.001 68.5
Normal (18.5–24.9) 379 (24.4%) 1177 (75.6%)
Overweight (25- 29.9) 680 (31.3%) 1491 (68.7%)
Obese (30≤) 337 (39.8%) 510 (60.2%)
Socioeconomic status quantiles First (worth) 64 (13.8%) 400 (86.2%) < 0.001 243.2
Second 125 (17.9%) 574 (82.1%)
Third 220 (24.3%) 686 (75.7%)
Fourth 375 (32.6%) 775 (67.4%)
Fifth (best) 635 (43.1%) 840 (56.9%)
Sleep duration Short sleep duration (≤ 6 h) 155 (27.3%) 413 (73.7%) 0.209 3.1
Normal sleep duration (6-9 h) 1007 (30.4%) 2304 (69.6%)
Long sleep duration (9 h≤) 258 (31.6%) 558 (68.4%)
Shift work No 1187 (33.1%) 2400 (66.9%) < 0.001 58.4
Yes 233 (21%) 875 (79%)

Values are reported as number (%), except for age, which is presented as mean (SD)