Table 3.
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity across the strata of the background characteristics of the study population by gender (weighted)
| Variables | Overall (n=4817) | Male (n=2482) | Female (n=2335) |
| Prevalence (95% CI) | Prevalence (95% CI) | Prevalence (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 38.4 (34.0 to 43.0) | 37.3 (32.3 to 42.4) | 39.7 (34.9 to 44.7) |
| Age group (in years) | |||
| 60–69 years | 29.2 (24.8 to 34.0) | 28.2 (24.0 to 32.7) | 30.3 (24.8 to 36.4) |
| 70–79 years | 48.9 (42.7 to 55.1) | 46.6 (36.8 to 56.8) | 51.8 (45.3 to 58.2) |
| 80+ years | 71.3 (63.3 to 78.2) | 74.2 (63.7 to 82.6) | 68.8 (58.9 to 77.2) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Rural | 37.8 (33.3 to 42.4) | 36.5 (31.6 to 41.8) | 39.1 (34.2 to 44.2) |
| Non-slum urban | 78.9 (50.0 to 93.3) | 79.5 (49.7 to 93.8) | 78.2 (50.2 to 92.8) |
| Slum | 38.6 (26.5 to 52.4) | 44.7 (31.7 to 58.4) | 32.4 (16.5 to 53.7) |
| Division | |||
| Mymensingh | 23.3 (18.4 to 29.1) | 24.8 (15.9 to 36.6) | 21.1 (11.6 to 35.2) |
| Barishal | 56.0 (42.0 to 69.0) | 56.4 (35.2 to 75.5) | 55.5 (47.0 to 63.7) |
| Chattogram | 54.0 (41.5 to 66.0) | 48.6 (31.0 to 66.6) | 58.6 (49.1 to 67.5) |
| Dhaka | 42.9 (30.8 to 55.8) | 40.3 (27.5 to 54.6) | 45.9 (27.6 to 65.3) |
| Khulna | 33.2 (26.3 to 40.8) | 29.3 (23.3 to 36.0) | 37.8 (28.9 to 47.5) |
| Rajshahi | 39.6 (26.9 to 53.9) | 40.6 (24.3 to 59.3) | 38.6 (29.3 to 48.7) |
| Rangpur | 32.4 (22.7 to 43.9) | 34.5 (25.3 to 45.1) | 30.1 (17.7 to 46.2) |
| Sylhet | 37.1 (32.8 to 41.7) | 38.8 (28.0 to 50.8) | 35.5 (26.3 to 46.0) |
| Educational status | |||
| No formal education | 38.2 (33.3 to 43.3) | 33.6 (27.8 to 39.9) | 41.4 (36.4 to 46.7) |
| 1–5 years | 31.2 (24.8 to 38.4) | 31.0 (23.7 to 39.4) | 31.5 (23.2 to 41.1) |
| 6–10 years | 40.5 (33.4 to 48.0) | 42.9 (35.5 to 50.5) | 34.3 (23.0 to 47.7) |
| >10 years | 51.3 (43.0 to 59.6) | 52.0 (43.1 to 60.7) | 42.8 (24.3 to 63.5) |
| Occupation | |||
| Working | 26.6 (21.0 to 33.1) | 24.7 (20.0 to 30.2) | 44.5 (28.4 to 61.9) |
| Not working/homemaker | 47.2 (42.6 to 51.9) | 72.7 (64.2 to 79.8) | 39.2 (34.8 to 43.8) |
| Household income | |||
| Lower income | 36.0 (30.0 to 42.5) | 36.8 (30.0 to 44.2) | 35.1 (28.9 to 41.8) |
| Higher income | 41.0 (36.2 to 45.9) | 37.7 (32.4 to 43.2) | 44.8 (38.5 to 51.3) |
| Marital status | |||
| Currently married | 32.2 (27.3 to 37.5) | 35.3 (30.2 to 40.7) | 24.1 (17.8 to 31.8) |
| Others* | 51.7 (47.3 to 56.0) | 68.9 (57.3 to 78.5) | 49.8 (44.9 to 54.7) |
| Religion | |||
| Others† | 34.4 (29.4 to 39.8) | 32.0 (25.8 to 38.8) | 36.9 (30.0 to 44.4) |
| Muslim | 39.2 (34.2 to 44.4) | 38.3 (32.8 to 44.0) | 40.2 (34.7 to 46.0) |
| Sedentary time | |||
| ≤7 hours/day | 31.9 (27.3 to 37.0) | 30.2 (25.2 to 35.6) | 33.8 (28.5 to 39.6) |
| >7 hours/day | 58.0 (51.6 to 64.2) | 58.6 (51.6 to 65.3) | 57.4 (47.6 to 66.6) |
| Fruits and vegetables consumption | |||
| ≥5 servings/day | 29.2 (21.0 to 39.0) | 30.4 (21.5 to 41.1) | 26.2 (14.7 to 42.4) |
| <5 servings/day | 39.4 (34.7 to 44.2) | 38.3 (32.7 to 44.1) | 40.5 (35.7 to 45.6) |
| Self-reported hypertension | |||
| No | 33.7 (29.2 to 38.5) | 32.1 (26.7 to 38.1) | 35.9 (30.5 to 41.8) |
| Yes | 46.8 (41.6 to 52.0) | 50.0 (43.7 to 56.3) | 44.4 (39.0 to 50.0) |
| Self-reported diabetes | |||
| No | 37.3 (32.9 to 41.8) | 36.5 (31.4 to 41.9) | 38.2 (33.4 to 43.2) |
| Yes | 49.9 (41.6 to 58.3) | 46.6 (35.7 to 57.9) | 52.6 (42.7 to 62.2) |
| Self-reported heart disease | |||
| No | 36.3 (32.0 to 40.9) | 34.6 (29.9 to 39.6) | 38.2 (33.2 to 43.4) |
| Yes | 49.3 (43.0 to 55.6) | 50.0 (42.0 to 58.1) | 48.3 (40.6 to 56.1) |
| Self-reported asthma | |||
| No | 35.9 (31.6 to 40.4) | 34.3 (29.2 to 39.8) | 37.5 (32.8 to 42.5) |
| Yes | 53.7 (46.9 to 60.3) | 52.9 (45.5 to 60.1) | 54.8 (46.5 to 62.8) |
| Waist circumference | |||
| Male: <90 cm/female: <80 cm | 35.2 (30.3 to 40.4) | 34.4 (28.7 to 40.6) | 36.3 (30.7 to 42.3) |
| Male: ≥90 cm/female: ≥80 cm | 43.6 (38.8 to 48.6) | 45.9 (39.4 to 52.5) | 42.3 (36.8 to 48.0) |
*Never married, widows, divorced and separated.
†Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and others.