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. 2022 Jul 2;19:16. doi: 10.1186/s11556-022-00295-z

Table 3.

Proportion of participants meeting physical activity and sleep guidelines, stratified by gender

All Men Women
IPAQ Physical activity categoryb
 Low PA 252 (21) 40 (14) 212 (23)
 Mod PA 427 (36) 99 (36) 328 (36)
 High PA 515 (43)a 136 (49) 377 (41)
Strength training category
 Yes (≥2d) 155 (13)a 38 (14) 115 (12)
 No 1044 (87) 238 (86) 806 (88)
Meeting both components of PA guidelines
 Yes 140 (12)a 36 (13) 102 (11)
 No 1054 (88) 239 (87) 815 (89)
Sleep categoryc
 Short sleeper 520 (44)a 96 (35) 423 (46)
 Ideal sleeper 616 (52)a 164 (60) 451 (50)
 Long sleeper 51 (4) 15 (5) 36 (4)

aTwo participants selected ‘prefer not to say’ in response to the gender question; frequencies do not add up

bLow PA = Not meeting PA guidelines; Mod = meeting PA guidelines; High = meeting PA guidelines but highly active

cShort sleepers reported less sleep than ideal, long sleepers reported more sleep than ideal