Table 2.

Age- and sex-dependent amount of weekly physical activity and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes)

Age group (years)	Sex	n	Physical activity (MET min/week)	BMI ≥ 30 (%)	Hypertension (%)	Hypercholesterolemia (%)	Diabetes (%)
16–25	Men Women	842 905	943 (1007) * 751 (788)	7.4 6.7	2.7 * 1.3	0.8 * 2.5	0.4 0.8
26–35	Men Women	931 1108	975 (1149) 940 (982)	13.7 11.1	3.8 * 2.1	6.3 5.2	0.6 0.5
36–45	Men Women	1010 1164	982 (1116) 917 (1010)	18.1 * 11.9	9.0 * 4.8	11.1 * 8.3	1.1 1.0
46–55	Men Women	1267 1436	1139 (1223) * 983 (1069)	20.7 * 16.9	21.2 * 15.1	23.5 * 15.4	4.3 * 2.7
56–65	Men Women	1318 1485	1275 (1314) 1215 (1273)	23.7 * 20.2	32.8 31.3	29.1 27.5	9.2 * 5.9
66–75	Men Women	960 1078	1463 (1560) * 1270 (1292)	22.7 22.6	47.1 45.5	30.6 33.9	18.1 * 12.8
76–85	Men Women	677 806	1122 (1285) * 782 (970)	17.4 19.4	49.2 * 57.2	31.0 35.7	16.2 16.1
86–95	Men Women	141 235	604 (989) * 325 (577)	8.5 10.6	51.1 60.9	24.8 31.1	15.6 15.7
> 95	Men Women	20 78	130 (307) 61 (182)	10.0 6.4	40.0 42.3	10.0 17.9	10.0 6.4

* indicates significant differences between sexes (p < 0.05)