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. 2021 Aug 2;13(8):2685. doi: 10.3390/nu13082685

Table 3.

Physical activities and sedentary behaviours, during the COVID-19 social confinement.

Physical Activities and
Sedentary Behaviours
Men Women p
% (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Types of physical activities
House cleaning 51.1 (49.2, 52.9) 86.7 (85.5, 87.9) <0.001
Up and down stairs 49.3 (47.4, 51.2) 50.6 (48.9, 52.4) 0.294
Walking 31.5 (29.8, 33.3) 32.9 (31.3, 34.6) 0.253
Fitness activities 21.5 (19.9, 23.0) 28.9 (27.3, 30.5) <0.001
Gardening 21.8 (20.2, 23.3) 23.3 (21.9, 24.8) 0.147
Bricolage 24.0 (22.4, 25.6) 14.2 (13.0, 15.4) <0.001
Strength training 23.7 (22.1, 25.3) 12.9 (11.7, 14.1) <0.001
Jogging 22.7 (21.1, 24.2) 6.5 (5.6, 7.3) <0.001
Static bicycle 11.7 (10.5, 12.9) 5.3 (4.5, 6.0) <0.001
Dance 2.2 (1.6, 2.7) 10.1 (9.1, 11.2) <0.001
Types of sedentary behaviours
Watching television 70.6 (68.9, 72.3) 69.5 (67.8, 71.1) 0.359
Computer, tablet, smartphone 66.5 (64.7, 68.2) 55.4 (53.7, 57.2) <0.001
Telework 39.0 (37.2, 40.8) 34.4 (32.7, 36.1) <0.001
Read 28.6 (26.9, 30.3) 33.8 (32.2, 35.5) <0.001
Board games, puzzles, Legos 8.2 (7.2, 9.2) 9.2 (8.2, 10.2) 0.191
Play musical instrument 3.7 (3.0, 4.4) 1.2 (0.8, 1.6) <0.001

Weighed data. Men (n = 2743), women (n = 3097). Differences between men and women were tested by Chi-Square.