Table 2.
This table presents the numbers of participants in each activity group and percent according to menopausal status and age category.
| Total population | Premenopausal | Postmenopausal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical activity |
20-39 yrs n = 77 |
40-49 yrs n = 120 |
40-49 yrs n = 221 |
50-59 yrs n = 383 |
60-69 yrs n = 493 |
70-79 yrs n = 450 |
80+ yrs n = 114 |
| sedentary | 55 (70%) | 102 (85%) | 188 (85%) | 340 (89%) | 453 (92%) | 432 (96%) | 112 (98.5%) |
| moderately active | 15 (20%) | 12 (10%) | 22 (10%) | 23 (6%) | 31 (6.4%) | 15 (3.4%) | 2 (1.5%) |
| active | 7 (10%) | 6 (5%) | 11 (5%) | 20 (5.3%) | 9 (1.7%) | 3 (0.7%) | 0% |
Age decades 20-29 and 30-39 were grouped in one (< 40 yrs) because of the small numbers of participants compared to the other groups.