Table 4.
Physical and sedentary activity levels of cases and controls N = 324
| Characteristics | Gender | Cases Males-N = 81%BF- > 28.6 Females-N = 79%BF > 33.7 |
Control Males-N = 80%BF- ≤ 28.6 Females-N = 84%BF- ≤ 33.7 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MVPA | ||||
| Total minutes spent/day | Male | 37.14 (8.6,80.4) | 95.86 (59.9,152.7) | < 0.001a |
| Median (IQR) | Female | 50.0 (15.0,94.3) | 72.86 (36.1,125.0) | 0.005a |
| Time spent N(%) | ||||
| (≥1 h/day) | Male | 23 (28.4) | 61 (76.3) | < 0.001b |
| (< 1 h/day) | 58 (71.6) | 19 (23.7) | ||
| (≥1 h/day) | Female | 35 (44.3) | 48 (57.1) | 0.101b |
| (< 1 h/day) | 44 (55.7) | 36 (42.9) | ||
| Sedentary activities | ||||
| Screen activities | ||||
| Total hours spent/week | Male | 9 (4.0, 15.5) | 7 (4,12) | 0.074a |
| Median-IQR | Female | 15 (5,18) | 7 (4.2,12) | < 0.001a |
| Time spent N (%) | ||||
| ≤ 14 h/week | Male | 50 (61.7) | 71 (88.8) | < 0.001a |
| > 14 h/week | 31 (38.3) | 9 (11.2) | ||
| ≤ 14 h/week | Female | 31 (39.2) | 72 (85.7) | < 0.001a |
| > 14 h/week | 48 (60.8) | 12 (14.3) | ||
| Non- screen activities | Male | 18.0 (13.3,26.6) | 16.21 (11.3,20.6) | 0.017a |
|
Total hours spent/week (Median-IQR) |
Female | 17.92 (14,26.8) | 15.21 (10.8,22.1) | 0.017a |
MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activities, *Differences between male cases and controls, **Differences between female cases and controls, aMann-Whitney U test compared median (inter quartile range). bPearson chi-square, statistically significant at p < 0.05
Non screen activities included drawing, doing homework, listening to music, play cards, reading, siting and talking, travelling in vehicle
Categories of MVPA and screen activities were based on the physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for Sri Lanka- 2018 Institute of Sports & Exercise Medicine, Ministry of Sports, Sri Lanka