Table 4. Characteristics of the subjects' regular PPA.
| Types of PPA (age, y) | Female (n=440) |
Male (n=185) |
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| POAG (n=238) | Control (n=202) | P | POAG (n=74) | Control (n=111) | P | |
| People with regular recreational PA in leisure time of intensity ≥4 METs at last 30min per day, 3-5 times in a week (n=264) | ||||||
| Gardening (56-65) | 14 (5.9) | 6 (3.0) | 0.24 | 6 (8.1) | 4 (3.6) | 0.02 |
| Types of regular exercises (18-35) | 54 (22.7) | 94 (46.5) | <0.00 | 23 (31.8) | 63 (56.8) | 0.001 |
| Team games | 16 (6.7) | 39 (19.3) | <0.00 | 7 (9.5) | 38 (34.2) | <0.00 |
| Classes at fitness clubs/resistance dynamic and static exercises | 16 (6.7) | 44 (21.8) | <0.00 | 10 (13.5) | 33 (29.7) | 0.01 |
| Running | 42 (17.6) | 74 (36.6) | <0.00 | 12 (16.2) | 35 (31.5) | 0.02 |
| Swimming | 27 (11.3) | 64 (31.7) | <0.00 | 10 (13.5) | 35 (31.5) | 0.005 |
| People with habitual PA of intensity <4 METs (n=361) | ||||||
| PA of intensity ≤1.5 METs | 25 (10.5) | 10 (4.9) | 0.03 | 10 (13.5) | 9 (8.1) | 0.24 |
| PA during education at school (8-25) | 129 (54.2) | 64 (31.7) | <0.00 | 30 (40.5) | 22 (19.8) | 0.002 |
| Professional physical work (18-55) | 11 (4.6) | 16 (5.9) | 0.15 | 2 (2.7) | 9 (8.1) | 0.23 |
| Physical work at home (18-55) | 5 (2.1) | 12 (5.9) | 0.07 | 3 (4.1) | 4 (3.6) | 0.81 |
| Total | 145 (60.9) | 92 (45.5) | 0.001 | 35 (47.3) | 35 (31.5) | 0.03 |
PPA: Past physical activity; PA: Physical activity; POAG: Primary open angle glaucoma. P: POAG vs Control.