Table 5.
Proportion of people who reached the respective thresholds in the different domains of physical activity in gainfully employed persons in Austria, stratified by the presence or absence of any chronic disease.
| Occupational Category | WRPA | MSPA | TPA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With a Chronic Disease | Without a Chronic Disease | p | With a Chronic Disease | Without a Chronic Disease | p | With a Chronic Disease | Without a Chronic Disease | p | |
| All | 49.1 | 47.9 | 0.007 | 30.7 | 33.4 | 0.018 | 74.6 | 76.9 | 0.024 |
| Manager | 22.9 | 23.5 | 0.890 | 32.2 | 27.3 | 0.311 | 71.2 | 67.7 | 0.487 |
| Academic laborer | 19.7 | 19.0 | 0.739 | 38.4 | 35.9 | 0.392 | 65.7 | 69.0 | 0.242 |
| Skilled laborer | 38.6 | 37.7 | 0.720 | 31.2 | 35.3 | 0.100 | 70.4 | 70.9 | 0.831 |
| Office worker | 23.8 | 19.6 | 0.157 | 28.1 | 35.7 | 0.031 | 60.4 | 66.8 | 0.070 |
| Service workers | 66.4 | 68.2 | 0.494 | 31.0 | 32.9 | 0.495 | 78.0 | 84.2 | 0.005 |
| Agriculture and forestry workers | 89.9 | 93.7 | 0.278 | 30.4 | 19.4 | 0.049 | 93.7 | 96.8 | 0.232 |
| Blue-collar workers | 76.8 | 79.8 | 0.296 | 30.1 | 36.5 | 0.059 | 85.7 | 90.1 | 0.046 |
| Engine workers | 69.2 | 62.6 | 0.201 | 22.5 | 30.2 | 0.109 | 82.5 | 82.0 | 0.900 |
| Unskilled laborer | 92.8 | 78.7 | <0.001 | 17.4 | 23.9 | 0.119 | 94.2 | 84.5 | 0.004 |
Only WRPA, MSPA, and TPA showed a significant interaction between occupation and chronic diseases towards physical activity in the respective domains, in the fully adjusted models, and are therefore represented in the table. WRPA = work-related physical activity (mostly physically active when working); MSPA = muscle-strengthening physical activity (at least twice per week muscle-strengthening activity); TPA = total physical activity (mostly physically active when working OR complying with HEPA guidelines).