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. 2020 Feb 10;20:206. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8308-6

Table 2.

Lifestyle characteristics of sedentary staffs (N = 400)

Characteristics Male (n = 64) Female (n = 336) Total (N = 400)
n % n % N %
Smoking
 No 52 81.2 334 99.4 386 96.5
 Yes 12 18.8 2 0.6 14 3.5
Alcohol drinking
 No 44 68.7 329 97.9 373 93.2
 Yes 20 31.3 7 2.1 27 6.8
Habit of regular exercise
 No 27 42.2 171 50.9 198 49.5
 Yes 37 57.8 165 49.1 202 50.5
Average weekly physical exercise (in minutes)
 More than or equal to150 10 15.6 25 7.4 35 8.7
 Less than150 54 84.4 311 92.6 365 91.3
Type of physical exercise
 No and light intensity 39 60.9 205 61.0 244 61.0
 Moderate and high intensity 25 39.1 131 39.0 156 39.0
Leisure activity
 Non-sedentary 12 18.7 85 25.3 97 24.2
 Sedentary 52 81.3 251 74.7 303 75.8
Travel with job
 No 19 29.7 133 39.6 152 38.0
 Yes 45 70.3 203 60.4 248 62.0
Distance between home and other places (in miles)
 More than one 20 31.3 130 38.7 150 37.5
 Less than or equal to one 44 68.7 206 61.3 250 62.5
Transportation facility
 Othersb 57 89.1 292 86.9 349 87.3
 On foot/bicycle 7 10.9 44 13.1 51 12.7
aBMI (kg/m2)
  < 25 54 84.4 289 86.0 343 85.8
 25–29.9 9 14.1 37 11.0 46 11.5
  ≥ 30 1 1.6 10 3.0 11 2.7

aBMI body mass index;

bOthers: motorbike, car, and public transport