Table 1.
Weighted Characteristics of Adults by Receipt of Physical Activity Recommendation
| Total | Physical activity recommendation | No physical activity recommendation | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted n=23,540 | Weighted n=170,004,764 | |||||
| n | % | % (SE) | % | % | ||
| Age group | ||||||
| 18–35 | 4627 | 19.66 | 24.06 (0.45) | 14.64 | 29.36 | |
| 35–45 | 3035 | 12.89 | 15.10 (0.37) | 14.66 | 15.34 | |
| 45–55 | 3738 | 15.88 | 17.88 (0.36) | 20.92 | 16.19 | <0.001 |
| 55–65 | 4560 | 19.37 | 18.83 (0.36) | 22.71 | 16.64 | |
| 65–75 | 4294 | 18.24 | 14.11 (0.30) | 17.10 | 12.42 | |
| 75+ | 3286 | 13.96 | 10.02 (0.24) | 9.98 | 10.04 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 10107 | 42.94 | 45.61 (0.43) | 44.80 | 46.09 | 0.17 |
| Female | 13433 | 57.06 | 54.39 (0.43) | 55.20 | 53.91 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 2362 | 10.03 | 13.82 (0.66) | 14.60 | 13.39 | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 17143 | 72.82 | 67.77 (0.84) | 65.00 | 69.32 | <0.001 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2550 | 10.83 | 11.80 (0.52) | 13.05 | 11.08 | |
| Other | 1485 | 6.31 | 6.62 (0.33) | 7.36 | 6.21 | |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than HS | 2703 | 11.52 | 11.47 (0.34) | 12.25 | 11.03 | |
| HS graduate/GED | 5692 | 24.26 | 24.25 (0.46) | 24.12 | 24.32 | 0.0169 |
| Some college | 7503 | 31.97 | 31.90 (0.46) | 31.96 | 30.60 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 7568 | 32.25 | 33.19 (0.63) | 31.67 | 34.05 | |
| Health conditions | ||||||
| Hypertension | 9858 | 41.94 | 37.56 (0.48) | 52.46 | 29.22 | <0.001 |
| High cholesterol | 8460 | 36.04 | 32.83 (0.43) | 47.61 | 24.55 | <0.001 |
| Coronary heart disease | 1591 | 6.78 | 5.56 (0.19) | 8.63 | 3.85 | <0.001 |
| COPD | 1218 | 5.18 | 3.92 (0.16) | 5.64 | 2.97 | <0.001 |
| Asthma | 3491 | 14.84 | 14.98 (0.32) | 17.85 | 13.37 | <0.001 |
| Cancer | 3127 | 13.30 | 11.36 (0.27) | 13.02 | 10.43 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 3093 | 13.59 | 12.19 (0.29) | 21.03 | 7.40 | <0.001 |
| Arthritis | 7860 | 33.43 | 29.08 (0.46) | 39.26 | 23.40 | <0.001 |
| Body Mass Index | ||||||
| BMI <18.5 | 388 | 1.69 | 1.75 (0.12) | 0.88 | 2.23 | |
| 18.5≤BMI<25 | 7242 | 31.61 | 31.56 (0.45) | 16.76 | 39.79 | <0.001 |
| 25≤BMI<30 | 7983 | 34.84 | 35.01 (0.44) | 32.69 | 36.28 | |
| BMI≥30 | 7299 | 31.86 | 31.68 (0.48) | 49.67 | 21.69 | |
| Functional Limitation Status | ||||||
| ≥1 Limitation | 5431 | 23.08 | 19.71 (0.38) | 28.64 | 14.70 | <0.001 |
| 0 Limitations | 18096 | 76.92 | 80.29 (0.38) | 71.36 | 85.30 | |
| Mobility Disability | 2914 | 12.38 | 10.01 (0.27) | 13.96 | 7.79 | <0.001 |
| Health behaviors | ||||||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Never | 13653 | 58.05 | 61.09 (0.54) | 58.40 | 62.59 | |
| Former | 6392 | 27.18 | 24.85 (0.42) | 27.35 | 23.45 | <0.001 |
| Current | 3473 | 14.77 | 14.06 (0.37) | 14.25 | 13.96 | |
| Physical Activity | ||||||
| Inactive | 6540 | 28.17 | 27.15 (0.62) | 29.30 | 25.92 | |
| Insufficiently active | 4915 | 21.17 | 21.24 (0.40) | 27.53 | 17.70 | <0.001 |
| Sufficiently active | 11760 | 50.66 | 51.61 (0.59) | 43.17 | 56.38 | |
Data Source: NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2016.
Notes: Physical activity was self-reported. Total exercise minutes per week were used to classify participants as inactive (0 minutes per week), insufficiently active (1–149 minutes per week) or sufficiently activity (≥150 minutes per week).