Table 2.
Age-related variations in the domain-specific minutes of weekly moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and their respective relative contributions to total MVPA for adults in Scotland who did not meet the MVPA guidelinesa in 2013, by sex.
| Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–24 |
25–34 |
35–44 |
45–54 |
55–64 |
65 + |
All |
Main effect of age |
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| Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | Mean min MVPA | Relative contribution | |
| Exercise and fitness | 23.6 | 21.5 | 20.7 | 25.1 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 14.2 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 11.7 | ⁎ | ⁎ |
| Team sport | 1.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | – | – |
| Non-team sport | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | – | – |
| Outdoor pursuit | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.2 | – | – |
| Leisure pursuit | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 5.1 | – | – |
| Occupational | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Domestic | 21.9 | 44.2 | 28.7 | 38.0 | 34.8 | 52.1 | 23.4 | 48.4 | 39.2 | 67.8 | 24.5 | 44.4 | 29.4 | 50.3 | ns | ⁎ |
| Cycling | 5.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | – | – |
| Walking | 17.6 | 24.1 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 15.9 | 21.5 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 20.6 | 34.2 | 14.7 | 21.0 | ⁎ | ⁎⁎ |
| Total | 70.8 | 83.6 | 73.1 | 59.3 | 60.4 | 64.5 | 67.1 | ns | ||||||||
| Unweighted bases | 18 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 56 | 108 | 328 | |||||||||
| Weighted basesb | 24 | 43 | 59 | 59 | 68 | 85 | 338 | |||||||||
| Women | ||||||||||||||||
| Exercise and fitness | 26.8 | 27.8 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 11.2 | 12.5 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎ |
| Team sport | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Non-team sport | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | – | – |
| Outdoor pursuit | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | – | – |
| Leisure pursuit | 3.3 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 8.1 | ns | ⁎ |
| Occupational | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Domestic | 22.0 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 57.9 | 39.4 | 58.9 | 46.8 | 63.3 | 43.8 | 72.0 | 27.6 | 48.5 | 35.4 | 56.2 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ |
| Cycling | 2.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | – | – |
| Walking | 11.5 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 13.9 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 22.1 | 33.3 | 12.7 | 17.1 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ |
| Total | 72.5 | 66.9 | 75.0 | 74.6 | 61.7 | 64.2 | 68.2 | ns | ||||||||
| Unweighted bases | 46 | 83 | 92 | 109 | 110 | 192 | 632 | |||||||||
| Weighted basesb | 65 | 75 | 84 | 86 | 104 | 155 | 569 | |||||||||
–: Regression not performed as relative contribution does not exceeded 10%.
ns: Not significant at p < 0.05.
a
150 min moderate activity, or 75 min of vigorous activity or equivalent combination per week.
b
Sample weights are applied to account for non-response bias and unequal selection probabilities.
⁎
Significant at p < 0.05.
⁎⁎
Significant at p < 0.01.