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. 2008 Jan 28;5:4. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-5-4

Table 4.

Physical activity according to IPAQ scoring, separated by BMI

=<24.9 25–29.9 >= 30
N 251 (25.7%) p* 402 (41.1%) p* 325 (33.1%)

IPAQ-scoring Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD

Vigorous activity (min/week) 121.3 (169.1) 0.001 101.2 (155.9) 0.007 70.1 (113.4)
Moderate (min/week) 137.8 (158.2) 0.004 112.8 (147.2) 0.001 94.2 (117.9)
Walking 275.8 (284.8) 0.002 249.9 (271.8) 0.009 242.5 (238.2)
Sitting 2139.2 (879.5) 0.003 2088.1 (855.5) 0.004 2031.9 (977.9)
Total 2674.1 (1959.5) 0.002 2552.0 (1921.5) 0.005 2438.7 (1799.2)
Activity group (%)
Insufficiently active 126 40.1 0.003 202 50.2 0.008 228 70.1
Sufficiently active 109 43.4 0.067 176 43,8 0.079 89 27.4
Highly active 16 6.3 0.042 24 5.9 0.039 9 2.8

* by means of ANCOVA, adjusted for age, disease duration, Kellgren and Lawrence-score and number of comorbidities for comparing normal vs. overweight and overweight vs. obese