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. 2011 Dec;9(6):441–451. doi: 10.1089/met.2011.0031

Table 5.

Health Behaviors by Gender and Ethnicitya

 
Males
Females
  Malay (580) Chinese (186) Indian (80) Malay (845) Chinese (275) Indian (151)
Smoker 0.52 [0.50] 0.34 [0.47] 0.28 [0.45] 0.01 [0.11] 0.04 [0.19] 0.02 [0.14]
Physical activity at work
 Minutes/day 457.00 [165.10] 491.90 [160.6] 523.10 [176.2] 425.60 [211.1] 430.60 [183.4] 489.30 [230.8]
 % primarily sit 0.73 [0.45] 0.79 [0.41] 0.79 [0.41] 0.93 [0.25] 0.91 [0.29] 0.91 [0.29]
 % include vigorous activity 0.27 [0.44] 0.21 [0.41] 0.21 [0.41] 0.06 [0.24] 0.09 [0.28] 0.09 [0.29]
 Minutes/week 218.50 [525.2] 169.20 [488.9] 144.60 [360.8] 32.30 [214.2] 50.60 [219.5] 18.20 [71.0]
 % include moderate activity 0.35 [0.48] 0.34 [0.47] 0.39 [0.49] 0.28 [0.45] 0.26 [0.44] 0.25 [0.43]
 Minutes/week 319.70 [700.6] 445.30 [900.0] 384.70 [731.1] 350.20 [834.3] 308.50 [746.1] 333.50 [831.5]
Physical activity by travel
 % travel by foot or bike 0.54 [0.50] 0.51 [0.50] 0.41 [0.50] 0.52 [0.50] 0.56 [0.50] 0.56 [0.50]
 Minutes/week 342.30 [572.2] 320.70 [574.5] 232.70 [482.9] 304.00 [547.5] 290.30 [452.3] 191.20 [346.7]
Physical activity at leisure
 % engage vigorous activity 0.14 [0.34] 0.11 [0.31] 0.08 [0.27] 0.06 [0.24] 0.06 [0.24] 0.04 [0.20]
 Minutes/week 53.70 [180.5] 78.70 [411.9] 15.80 [60.2] 22.30 [121.6] 25.80 [142.9] 19.10 [111.8]
 % engage moderate activity 0.23 [0.42] 0.23 [0.42] 0.20 [0.40] 0.17 [0.38] 0.20 [0.40] 0.15 [0.35]
 Minutes/week 136.70 [342.1] 118.90 [291.5] 83.40 [207.5] 141.30 [454.0] 151.80 [468.0] 124.50 [340.2]
Diet
 Fruit servings/week 6.30 [6.0] 7.37 [7.1] 7.09 [7.1] 7.10 [6.6] 8.90 [7.9] 7.20 [7.5]
 Vegetable servings/week 12.00 [7.1] 13.90 [8.3] 14.70 [9.6] 12.30 [7.5] 13.60 [7.8] 11.70 [6.4]
a

Number of observations in parentheses. Standard deviations in brackets.