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).