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. 2014 Oct 23;9(10):e110732. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110732

Table 2. Physical activity and sedentary behavior: Proportions of the participants in the three clusters and the total sample who had engaged five or more times in the week preceding the interview.

Variable LPAHSB cluster (n = 575) HPALSB cluster (n = 1,002) LPALSB cluster (n = 2,140) Total (n = 3,717)
Wave I (1994–1995)
Work around the house 235 (40.9%) 447 (44.6%) 804 (37.6%) 1,486 (40.0%)
Roller-blading/cycling 41 (7.1%) 172 (17.2%) 80 (3.7%) 293 (7.9%)
Play an active sport 151 (26.3%) 538 (53.7%) 278 (13.0%) 967 (26.0%)
Exercise, jogging, or walking 155 (27.0%) 450 (44.9%) 441 (20.6%) 1,046 (28.1%)
Wave II (1996)
Work around the house 230 (40.0%) 416 (41.5%) 787 (36.8%) 1,433 (38.6%)
Roller-blading/cycling 25 (4.3%) 51 (5.1%) 138 (6.4%) 214 (5.8%)
Play an active sport 147 (25.6%) 535 (53.4%) 259 (12.1%) 941 (25.3%)
Exercise, jogging, or walking 153 (26.6%) 400 (39.9%) 438 (20.5%) 991 (26.7%)
Wave III (2001–2002)
Work around the house 253 (44.0%) 491 (49.0%) 1,061 (49.6%) 1,805 (48.6%)
Bike/skateboard/bance/hike/hunt 26 (4.5%) 202 (20.2%) 65 (3.0%) 293 (7.9%)
Roller-blading/skate/ski/aerobics 8 (1.4%) 102 (10.2%) 18 (0.8%) 128 (3.4%)
Play a strenuous sports 12 (2.1%) 99 (9.9%) 2 (0.1%) 113 (3.0%)
Play individual sports 12 (2.1%) 144 (14.4%) 15 (0.7%) 171 (4.6%)
Gymnastics/weightlifting 26 (4.5%) 162 (16.2%) 31 (1.4%) 219 (5.9%)
Play golf/fish/bowling/baseball 7 (1.2%) 36 (3.6%) 3 (0.1%) 46 (1.2%)
Walk for exercise 70 (12.2%) 209 (20.9%) 206 (9.6%) 485 (13.0%)

Data are presented in frequency (percentage).

LPAHSB: low physical activity high sedentary behavior; HPALSB: high physical activity low sedentary behavior; LPALSB: low physical activity low sedentary behavior.

All χ2 tests across the sedentary cluster, the more active cluster and the less active cluster were significant at 0.1% level.