Table 1.
Sample characteristics (n = 408).
| Characteristic |
Overall, n (%) |
Physical activity (min/week) |
p-value |
Perceived physical activity, n (%) |
p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decrease | No change | Increase | |||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 18–30 | 184 (45.1) | 194.7 (191.6) | .011 | 108 (58.7) | 31 (16.8) | 45 (24.5) | .087 | ||
| >30-50 | 150 (36.8) | 243.7 (215.2) | 70 (46.7) | 44 (29.3) | 36 (24.0) | ||||
| >50 | 73 (17.9) | 284.8 (232.0) | 40 (54.8) | 17 (23.3) | 16 (21.9) | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 351 (86.0) | 232.6 (209.6) | .448 | 187 (53.3) | 79 (22.5) | 85 (24.2) | .688 | ||
| Male | 50 (12.2) | 213.7 (215.7) | 25 (50.0) | 14 (28.0) | 11 (22.0) | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||
| Underweight (BMI <18.5) | 10 (2.5) | 118.2 (196.0) | <0.001 | 6 (60.0) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) | .326 | ||
| Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9) | 185 (45.3) | 248.3 (201.0) | 95 (51.4) | 47 (25.4) | 43 (23.2) | ||||
| Overweight (BMI 25–29.9) | 100 (24.5) | 274.6 (216.0) | 47 (47.0) | 25 (25.0) | 28 (28.0) | ||||
| Obese (BMI >30) | 94 (23.0) | 147.6 (182.8) | 57 (60.6) | 14 (14.9) | 23 (24.5) | ||||
| State or territory | |||||||||
| SA | 124 (30.4) | 195.7 (208.3) | .034 | 75 (60.5) | 25 (20.2) | 24 (19.4) | .154 | ||
| VIC | 77 (18.9) | 288.8 (219.2) | 35 (45.5) | 20 (25.9) | 22 (28.6) | ||||
| QLD | 62 (15.2) | 198.5 (173.0) | 32 (51.6) | 12 (19.4) | 18 (29.0) | ||||
| NSW | 58 (14.2) | 251.3 (211.9) | 26 (44.8) | 21 (36.2) | 11 (19.0) | ||||
| WA | 33 (8.1) | 252.8 (198.4) | 18 (54.5) | 8 (24.2) | 7 (21.2) | ||||
| ACT | 24 (5.9) | 223.0 (249.8) | 17 (70.8) | 3 (12.5) | 4 (16.7) | ||||
| TAS | 17 (4.2) | 174.1 (186.1) | 9 (53.0) | 3 (17.6) | 5 (29.4) | ||||
| NT | 8 (2.0) | 336.8 (270.3) | 4 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (50.0) | ||||