Table 3.
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POST |
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Group/Subgroups | Mean | SD | 95% CI | Mean | SD | 95% CI |
*Overall | 2.78 | 6.66 | 2.64 — 2.92 | 3.04 | 7.56 | 2.88 — 3.20 |
*Males | 3.16 | 7.80 | 2.89 — 3.42 | 3.31 | 8.35 | 3.02 — 3.60 |
*Females | 2.54 | 5.83 | 2.38 — 2.70 | 2.87 | 7.02 | 2.68 — 3.06 |
Young (18–29 yr) | 1.67 | 4.83 | 1.50 — 1.84 | 1.64 | 5.31 | 1.45 — 1.82 |
*Adults (30–49 yr) | 3.13 | 7.39 | 2.88 — 3.38 | 3.63 | 8.49 | 3.34 — 3.92 |
*Middle-Age Adults (50–59 yr) | 3.81 | 7.35 | 3.45 — 4.16 | 4.17 | 8.34 | 3.77 — 4.57 |
Old Adults (60–69 yr) | 4.79 | 8.54 | 3.88 — 5.71 | 5.04 | 9.58 | 4.02 — 6.07 |
70+ (≥70 yr) | 3.64 | 9.21 | 0.49 — 6.78 | 3.94 | 9.66 | 0.64 — 7.24 |
*Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg·m–2) | 1.81 | 4.70 | 1.30 — 2.33 | 2.05 | 5.83 | 1.41 — 2.68 |
*Acceptable weight (BMI = 18.5–24.9 kg·m–2) | 2.31 | 5.54 | 2.15 — 2.46 | 2.52 | 6.42 | 2.34 — 2.70 |
*Overweight (BMI = 25.0–29.9 kg·m–2) | 3.34 | 7.67 | 3.04 — 3.64 | 3.74 | 8.89 | 3.39 — 4.08 |
Obese (BMI ≥30 kg·m–2) | 3.96 | 8.88 | 3.39 — 4.53 | 4.09 | 9.18 | 3.50 — 4.67 |
Inactive (0 MET -min·week–1) | 4.03 | 7.89 | 3.65 — 4.40 | 4.17 | 8.84 | 3.74 — 4.59 |
*Low PA (0–499 MET -min·week–1) | 2.74 | 7.68 | 2.30 — 3.17 | 2.98 | 8.39 | 2.51 — 3.46 |
*Moderate PA (500–1000 MET -min·week–1) | 2.85 | 6.56 | 2.43 — 3.26 | 3.17 | 7.36 | 2.70 — 3.63 |
*High PA (> 1000 MET -min·week–1) | 2.32 | 5.80 | 2.15 — 2.49 | 2.61 | 6.80 | 2.42 — 2.81 |
p < 0.05, significant difference between the PRE and POST conditions.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; MET, metabolic equivalent task (= 3.5 mL O₂·kg–1·min–1); PA, physical activity based on sport and exercise activities on a weekly basis; PRE, normal living before the onset of COVID-19; POST, living after the appearance of COVID-19 and under physical distasting measures.