Table 1.

Description of annual expenditures for medicine use according gender, PAL and walking. (São Paulo, 2015 [n = 806])

	Annual expenditures of medicine use-US$
Variable	Mean (CI 95%)-Median [25th- 75th]	Sum - ∑
All sample	85.40 (68.79–102.00) – 20.89 [15.05; 53.05]	73.386.09
Gender
Men	84.90 (54.55–115.25) – 17.71 [3.22; 49.03]	25.553.35
Woman	85.72 (66.65–14.79) – 21.69 [4.82; 54.64]	47.832.74
PAL
Active	60.57 (43.83–77.32) – 16.67 [4.82; 43.42]	14.816.44
Insufficiently active	95.07 (72.99–117.16) – 22.49 [4.82; 54.68]	58.569.66
Walking
Yes	77.55 (59.57–95.54) – 17.71 [3.22; 44.97]	42.918.59
No	102.03 (67.05–137.02) – 25.71 [6.41; 62.64]	30.467.51
Walking
No Walking	102.03 (52.16–107.92) – 25.71 [6.41; 62.64]	30.467.51
1–3 days	74.13 (55.32–92.94) – 20.89 [4.82; 57.87]	16.534.61
≥ 4 days	80.04 (67.19–137.02) – 17.67 [3.22; 41.79]	26.383.96

Note: PAL Physical activity level, CI 95%– confidence interval 95%