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. 2020 Dec 4;15(12):e0243652. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243652

Table 3. Physical, psychological, and other factors affecting training moderately or considerably in the past two years for women and men by age group.

Women Men
Age 35–44 Age 45–59 Age 60+ Total Age 35–44 Age 45–59 Age 60+ Total
N = 268 N = 199 N = 51 N = 518 N = 181 N = 164 N = 84 N = 429
Physical
Shoulder 63 (23.8%) 62 (31.5%) 16 (31.4%) 141 (27.5%) 36 (20.2%) 57 (35.8%) 30 (36.6%) 123 (29.4%)
Back 42 (15.9%) 38 (19.5%) 5 (10.0%) 85 (16.7%) 33 (18.4%) 22 (14.6%) 12 (15.4%) 67 (16.4%)
Hips 32 (12.2%) 30 (15.6%) 4 (8.3%) 66 (13.1%) 20 (11.4%) 12 (7.8%) 12 (15.6%) 44 (10.8%)
Knees 40 (15.2%) 36 (18.7%) 13 (26.0%) 89 (17.6%) 43 (24.2%) 30 (19.4%) 22 (27.5%) 95 (23.0%)
Joints 24 (9.2%) 20 (10.4%) 3 (6.2%) 47 (9.4%) 14 (8.0%) 16 (10.5%) 9 (11.7%) 39 (9.6%)
Psychological
Anxiety 25 (9.5%) 16 (8.3%) 0 (0.0%) 41 (8.2%) 8 (4.5%) 3 (2.0%) 2 (2.6%) 13 (3.2%)
Depression 16 (6.0%) 11 (5.5%) 0 (0.0%) 27 (5.2%) 12 (6.6%) 3 (1.8%) 4 (4.8%) 19 (4.4%)
Stress 56 (21.2%) 31 (16.2%) 3 (6.2%) 90 (17.9%) 24 (13.8%) 7 (4.5%) 3 (3.9%) 34 (8.4%)
Sleep 8 (18.3%) 39 (20.2%) 2 (4.2%) 89 (17.7%) 21 (11.9%) 15 (9.8%) 9 (11.4%) 45 (11.0%)
Health
Cardiovascular 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%) 3 (1.7%) 2 (1.3%) 5 (6.4%) 10 (2.5%)
Cancer 1 (0.4%) 5 (2.6%) 1 (2.1%) 7 (1.4%) 1 (0.6%) 2 (1.3%) 4 (5.1%) 7 (1.7%)
Diabetes 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (2.6%) 2 (0.5%)
Autoimmune diseases 3 (1.2%) 5 (2.6%) 1 (2.1%) 9 (1.8%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (2.6%) 2 (2.5%) 6 (1.5%)
Respiratory Diseases 5 (1.9%) 2 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 7 (1.4%) 1 (0.6%) 3 (2.0%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (1.0%)
Digestive diseases 1 (0.4%) 3 (1.6%) 1 (2.1%) 5 (1.0%) 1 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%)
Chronic diseases 4 (1.5%) 2 (1.1%) 1 (2.1%) 7 (1.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (7.7%) 6 (1.5%)
Life circumstances
Work demands 162 (60.4%) 91 (45.7%) 18 (35.3%) 271 (52.3%) 67 (37.0%) 67 (40.9%) 55 (65.5%) 189 (44.1%)
Access to facility 22 (8.2%) 10 (5.0%) 4 (7.8%) 36 (6.9%) 22 (12.2%) 12 (7.3%) 5 (6.0%) 39 (9.1%)
Financial constraints 13 (4.9%) 7 (3.5%) 1 (2.0%) 21 (4.1%) 6 (3.3%) 4 (2.4%) 1 (1.2%) 11 (2.6%)
Child care 38 (14.2%) 9 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%) 47 (9.1%) 36 (19.9%) 11 (6.7%) 3 (3.6%) 50 (11.7%)
Elder care 3 (1.1%) 7 (3.5%) 2 (3.9%) 12 (2.3%) 3 (1.7%) 2 (1.2%) 1 (1.2%) 6 (1.4%)
Family concerns 36 (13.4%) 24 (12.1%) 2 (3.9%) 62 (12.0%) 24 (13.3%) 15 (9.1%) 3 (3.6%) 42 (9.8%)
Pregnancy 10 (3.7%) 1 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (2.1%)
Menstruation 18 (6.9%) 2 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 20 (4.0%)
Menopausal Symptoms 6 (2.3%) 25 (12.8%) 0 (0.0%) 31 (6.1%)