Table 2.
Rates of physical activity among Lebanese adults diagnosed with diabetes and at risk for developing diabetes, 2009
| |
Baseline population |
Rates of physical activity |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Inactive |
Moderate |
HEPA |
|
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| N | % | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | P-value | |
| Diabetes |
187 |
8.5 |
104 |
55.6 |
48.0–63.0 |
65 |
34.8 |
28.0–42.0 |
18 |
9.6 |
5.8–14.8 |
<0.001 |
| No Diabetes |
2008 |
91.5 |
922 |
45.9 |
43.7–48.1 |
617 |
30.7 |
28.7–32.8 |
469 |
23.4 |
21.5–25.3 |
|
| 0 diabetes risk factors* |
229 |
10.4 |
109 |
47.6 |
40.9–54.3 |
54 |
23.6 |
18.2–29.6 |
66 |
28.8 |
23.0–35.1 |
<0.001 |
| 1 to 2 diabetes risk factors |
1111 |
50.6 |
513 |
46.2 |
43.2–49.1 |
337 |
30.3 |
27.6–33.1 |
261 |
23.5 |
21.0–26.1 |
|
| 3 to 4 diabetes risk factors |
577 |
26.3 |
256 |
44.4 |
40.3–48.5 |
197 |
34.1 |
30.3–38.2 |
124 |
21.5 |
18.2–25.1 |
|
| 5 to 6 diabetes risk factors |
91 |
4.1 |
44 |
48.4 |
37.7–59.1 |
29 |
31.9 |
22.5–42.5 |
18 |
19.8 |
12.2–29.5 |
|
| Total | 2195 | 100 | 1026 | 46.7 | 44.6–48.9 | 682 | 31.1 | 29.1–33.0 | 487 | 22.1 | 20.5–24.0 | |
*Diabetes risk factors, based on the ADA, included: age ≥ 45 years, BMI≥25 kg/m2, a diagnosis of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease and family history of diabetes.