Table 3.
Self-reported physical activities for at least 10 minutes in the past 7 days in five Asian American subgroups and non-Hispanic whites (2005 California Health Interview Survey data)
| Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Filipino | Viet- namese |
Diff- erences Among Asian subgroups (p < 0.05) |
5 Asian Groups |
White | 5 Asian Groups versus White p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
% Walk for transportation (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 53 (48–58) |
44 (32–55) |
51 (43–59) |
59 (51–67) |
74 (68–81) |
CV, JF, JV, KV, FV |
57 (53–61) |
48 (47–50) |
<0.001 |
| W | 56 (52–61) |
46 (38–55) |
56 (50–62) |
56 (49–62) |
68 (60–75) |
CJ, CV, JV, KV, FV |
57 (54–60) |
44 (42–45) |
<0.001 |
|
% Walk for fun (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 42 (38–47) |
57 (45–69) |
49 (43–56) |
48 (41–56) |
58 (50–65) |
CJ, CV | 49 (45–52) |
55 (54–57) |
<0.001 |
| W | 50 (46–55) |
58 (50–66) |
55 (49–62) |
56 (49–64) |
61 (53–69) |
CV | 54 (51–57) |
62 (61–63) |
<0.001 |
|
% Moderate physical activity (95% confidence interval) | |||||||||
| M | 42 (37–48) |
46 (36–56) |
45 (38–52) |
52 (44–59) |
53 (45–60) |
CF, CV | 48 (44–52) |
60 (58–61) |
<0.001 |
| W | 42 (38–47) |
51 (43–60) |
48 (42–55) |
56 (50–62) |
38 (31–45) |
CJ, CF, JV, KV, FV |
48 (45–51) |
58 (57–60) |
<0.001 |
|
% Hard or vigorous exercise (95% CI) | |||||||||
| M | 28 (24–33) |
32 (22–43) |
28 (20–35) |
30 (24–36) |
32 (24–40) |
30 (27–33) |
39 (37–40) |
<0.001 | |
| W | 19 (15–23) |
22 (15–29) |
16 (12–21) |
26 (20–31) |
17 (11–23) |
CF, KF, FV |
22 (19–24) |
27 (26–28) |
<0.001 |
Analyses were conducted using proportion estimation with CHIS survey replicate weights and standardization to the 2005 California population age distribution. Comparisons between groups were conducted using linear hypothesis tests.
Asian American subgroups are indicated by their initials: (C)hinese, (J)apanese, (K)orean, (F)ilipino, (V)ietnamese
M=Men, W=Women