Table 3.

Distribution of weekly energy expenditure, PA levels and weekly PA duration by sex in relation to the presence of MetS or its absence.

Parameters	Total No. of Subjects (n=1200)	Males		P	Females		P
		MetS (n=258)	Non-MetS (n=224)		MetS (n=490)	Non-MetS (n=228)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Weekly energy expenditure
MET/wk	1430.1±1519.2	905.2±965	2729.8±1762	.001	710.6±1054	2293.2±1357	.001
Kcal/wk	1857.8±1965.7	1413.7±1766	3465.3±2352	.001	1028.1±1483	2564.3±1393	.001
Physical activity levels (MET/wk)
IA (≤ 600)	476 (39.6%)	128 (86.5%)	20 (13.5%)	.001	318 (97.0%)	10 (3.0%)	.001
SA (601 to 1500)	307 (25.5%)	88 (67.7%)	42 (32.3%)		116 (65.5%)	61 (34.5%)
VA (≥1500)	417 (34.75%)	42 (20.6%)	162 (79.4%)		56 (26.3%)	157 (73.7%)

MET/wk: Weekly energy expenditure in metabolic equivalents per wk.

Kcal/wk: Weekly energy expenditure in kilocalories = MET * weight (kg) / 60.

IA= Insufficiently Active; SA= Sufficiently Active; VA= Very Active.

The differences between mean were tested by using independent sample T test and one-way ANOVA. P value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.