. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2009 Dec;37(6):488–494. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.07.013

Table 1.

Percentage of EARTH Participants Sufficiently Active, Not Sufficiently Active, or Inactive During Leisure time by Gender and Region

	Leisure-time Physical Activity Level^a
	Sufficiently active		Not sufficiently active		No leisure-time activity
Total	48	46, 49	35	33, 36	18	17, 19
Gender ^*
Male	56	54, 58	29	27, 30	15	14, 17
Female	41	39, 43	39	38, 41	20	18, 21

Region ^*
Northern Plains	50	48, 51	32	31, 34	18	17, 20
Southwest	44	41, 46	39	37, 41	17	15, 19

Indicates significant difference in percentage distribution by gender and region (P < 0.05 by x² analysis).

Sufficiently active defined as greater than or equal to 150 minutes/week of total physical activity of any intensity during leisure time; not sufficiently active defined as less than 150 minutes/week of total physical activity but greater than 0 during leisure time.

Data are presented as percentage (%) with 95% CI.