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. 2021 Jun 3;13(6):1923. doi: 10.3390/nu13061923

Table 5.

Correlation between physical activity and sleep quality and distress in total subjects and by sex.

Physical Activity Level a
Women
n = 433
Men
n = 171
Total
n = 604
Inactive Moderately
Active
Active p * Inactive Moderately
Active
Active p * Inactive Moderately
Active
Active p *
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Distress b
Low 72 14.4 62 35.2 39 46.9 0.46 29 46.0 45 64.3 33 86.8 <0.001 101 42.6 107 43.5 72 59.5 <0.008
Medium 77 14.3 88 50 34 40.9 16 25.4 18 25.7 5 13.2 93 39.2 106 43.1 39 32.2
High 25 14.4 26 14.8 10 12.1 18 28.6 7 10 0 0 43 18.1 33 13.4 10 8.3
Total 174 100 176 100 83 100 63 100 70 100 38 100 237 100 246 100 121 100
Sleep Quality c
Low 148 85.1 156 88.6 68 81.9 0.32 55 87.3 67 95.7 36 94.7 0.16 203 85.7 223 90.7 104 14.1 0.27
High 26 14.9 20 11.4 15 18.1 8 12.7 3 4.3 2 5.3 34 14.3 23 9.3 17 85.9
Total 174 100 176 100 83 100 63 100 70 100 38 100 237 100 246 100 121 100

a Physical activity level: Inactive total METs ≤ 700; Moderately active total METs 701–2519; Active total METs ≥ 2520. b Distress level: no distress score ≤ 8; Moderate distress score 9–16; distress score ≥ 17. c Sleep quality level: low sleep quality score >10; high sleep quality score ≤ 10. * t-student test. Bold data indicate statistically significant p-value (p < 0.05).