Table 3.

Time trends by gender and age group in leisure time physical activity and physical fitness between 1987 and 2006

WOMEN		Age group	SNHS 1987	SNHS 1993	SNHS 95-97	SNHS 2001	SNHS 2003	SNHS 2006	P-value*
	Leisure time physical activity+	65-79	13.3	28.2	36.8	40.4	36.4	59.2	< 0.001
		≥ 80	9.1	23.1	26.0	26.9	18.3	40.3	< 0.001
		Total	12.7	24.2	35.1	38.2	32.1	54.6	< 0.001
	Walking up 10 step+	65-79	NA	86.5	87.9	87.6	88.2	85.6	0.056
		≥ 80	NA	68.4	70.7	71.2	61.6	66.4	0.108
		Total	NA	83.8	85.3	85.0	81.8	80.9	0.401
	Walking for one hour+	65-79	NA	77.8	75.8	79.0	78.5	75.5	0.065
		≥ 80	NA	53.6	44.4	53.5	42.6	45.3	0.385
		Total	NA	74.2	71.0	75.0	70.0	68.1	0.172
MEN	Leisure time physical activity	65-79	26.6	45.2	56.7	60.5	45.0	73.0	< 0.001
		≥ 80	18.9	49.0	41.7	46.8	33.1	58.4	< 0.001
		Total	25.5	46.0	53.9	58.4	42.6	69.6	< 0.001
	Walking up 10 step	65-79	NA	92.9	93.8	94.5	92.6	91.0	0.158
		≥ 80	NA	80.5	82.5	82.9	77.0	74.7	0.502
		Total	NA	91.4	91.8	92.7	89.6	87.3	0.056
	Walking for one hour	65-79	NA	87.7	88.6	88.3	87.8	84.7	0.072
		≥ 80	NA	75.3	66.2	70.6	65.7	61.2	0.248
		Total	NA	86.3	84.8	85.7	83.4	79.4	0.066

P value for association between the prevalence of study variables and the SNHS (multivariate regression models)/NA: Not available.

+ Significant differences in the total prevalence of study variables between women and men