TABLE 5. - Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome by physical activity.

Variable	Obesity	Metabolic syndrome
Physical exercise
Yes	23.9	3.8
No	32.6	6.0
p¹	0.042	0.271
Frequency of physical activity (weekly)
None	32.6	6.0
1-2 times	32.5	3.8
3 times	20.2	2.5
4-5 times	22.7	4.6
6-7 times	22.9	4.3
p-value¹	0.078	0.751

¹Chi-squared test