Table 4.
Comparison of practice frequency according to physical activity type and intensity of physical activity.
| Variables | Men | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcopenic Diabetes a (n = 126) | Sarcopenia Alone b (n = 458) | Diabetes Alone c (n = 135) | Non-Sarcopenia and Non-Diabetes d (n = 552) |
||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Flexibility exercise ≥ 2 days/week (yes) | 48 (38.1) | 160 (34.9) d | 60 (44.4) | 238 (43.1) b | 0.04 |
| Resistance training ≥ 2 days/week (yes) | 26 (20.6) | 87 (19.0) c,d | 43 (31.9) b | 155 (28.1) b | <0.01 |
| Moderate-intensity physical activity ≥ 150 min/week (yes) | 29 (23.0) | 109 (23.8) | 38 (28.1) | 161 (29.2) | 0.19 |
| Vigorous-intensity physical activity ≥ 75 min/week (yes) | 11 (8.7) c,d | 74 (16.2) c | 40 (29.6) a,b | 107 (19.4) a | <0.01 |
| Variables | Women | p-value | |||
|
Sarcopenic diabetes a
(n = 71) |
Sarcopenia alone b
(n = 312) |
Diabetes alone c
(n = 249) |
Non-sarcopenia
and non-diabetes d (n = 1049) |
||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Flexibility exercise ≥ 2 days/week (yes) | 17 (23.9) | 98 (31.4) | 89 (35.7) | 311 (29.6) | 0.16 |
| Resistance training ≥ 2 days/week (yes) | 7 (9.9) | 20 (6.4) | 15 (6.0) | 82 (7.8) | 0.57 |
| Moderate-intensity physical activity ≥ 150 min/week (yes) | 5 (7.0) d | 58 (18.6) | 51(20.5) | 249 (23.7) a | <0.01 |
| Vigorous-intensity physical activity ≥ 75 min/week (yes) | 5 (7.0) | 34 (10.9) | 29 (11.6) | 149 (14.2) | 0.16 |
Note: p-values are from the Chi-square test. Significantly different (p < 0.05) from the: a Sarcopenic diabetes group, b Sarcopenia alone group, c Diabetes alone group, and d Non-sarcopenia and non-diabetes group. Bonferroni post hoc analyses were used to identify any group difference. Each physical activity was set to 1 if it met the practice criteria, and 0 otherwise, n: number of participants.