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. 2021 Apr 10;26:46. doi: 10.1186/s12199-021-00949-x

Table 3.

Proportions of metabolic syndrome in analyses stratified by sex and physical activity

Metabolic syndromeb
Total Case Non-case P
n n (%) n (%)
Men 269 123 (45.7) 146 (54.3)
Q1. Exercisea
  With 104 40 (38.5) 64 (61.5) 0.060
  Without 165 83 (50.3) 82 (49.7)
Q2. Daily physical activitya
  With 142 55 (38.7) 87 (61.3) 0.020
  Without 127 68 (53.5) 59 (46.5)
Physical activity type
  I-typea 112 63 (56.3) 49 (43.8) 0.033
  E-typea 15 5 (33.3) 10 (66.7)
  D-typea 53 20 (37.7) 33 (62.3)
  F-typea 89 35 (39.3) 54 (60.7)
Women 367 58 (15.8) 309 (84.2)
Q1. Exercisea
  With 121 18 (14.9) 103 (85.1) 0.764
  Without 246 40 (16.3) 206 (83.7)
Q2. Daily physical activitya
  With 173 16 (9.2) 157 (90.8) 0.001
  Without 194 42 (21.6) 152 (78.4)
Physical activity type
  I-typea 162 35 (21.6) 127 (78.4)d 0.005
  E-typea 32 7 (21.9) 25 (78.1)
  D-typea 84 5 (6.0) 79 (94.0)d
  F-typea 89 11 (12.4) 78 (87.6)

aQ1. Exercise, and Q2. Daily physical activity, I-type, E-type, D-type, and F-type: see Table 1

bMetabolic syndrome: case (metabolic syndrome and pre-metabolic syndrome), non-case (non-metabolic syndrome)

cP-value of the metabolic syndrome in extended Fisher's exact test (all over test). Boldface indicates statistically significant differences

dFisher's exact test for multiple comparisons: P < 0.001 between I-type and D-type