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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants and rates of physical activity, Lebanon, 2009

From: Physical activity in adults with and without diabetes: from the ‘high-risk’ approach to the ‘population-based’ approach of prevention

 

Baseline distribution

Rates of physical activity

  

Inactive

Moderate

HEPA*

 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total Sample

2195

 

1026

46.7

682

31.1

487

22.2

Socio-demographic

        

Age

        

  25–44

1245

56.7

608

48.8

348

28.0

289

23.2

  45–64

664

30.3

271

40.8

239

36.0

154

23.2

  ≥65

286

13.0

147

51.4

95

33.2

44

15.4

Gender

        

  Male

1019

46.4

520

51.0

286

28.1

213

20.9

  Female

1176

53.6

506

43.0

396

33.7

274

23.3

Governorate

        

  Beirut

236

10.8

139

58.9

64

27.1

33

14.0

  Other

1959

89.2

887

45.3

618

31.5

454

23.2

Education

        

  Low

540

24.6

237

43.9

184

34.1

119

22.0

  Middle

952

43.4

418

43.9

300

31.5

234

24.6

  High

703

32.0

371

52.8

198

28.2

134

19.1

Owns a car

        

  None

547

24.9

215

39.3

197

36.0

135

24.7

  1 or more

1648

71.5

811

49.2

485

29.4

352

21.4

Health-related

        

Smoking

        

  Never

1217

55.4

557

45.8

401

32.9

259

21.3

  Past

150

6.8

78

52.0

41

27.3

31

20.7

  Current

828

37.7

391

47.2

240

29.0

197

23.8

BMI

        

  Normal

719

32.8

336

46.7

216

30.0

167

23.2

  Overweight

832

37.9

359

43.1

275

33.1

198

23.8

  Obese

638

29.1

328

51.4

190

29.8

120

18.8

Hypertension

        

  No

1489

67.8

698

46.9

447

30.0

344

23.1

  Yes

699

31.8

324

46.4

234

33.5

141

20.2

Hyperlipidemia

        

  No

1790

81.5

815

45.5

553

30.9

422

23.6

  Yes

405

18.5

211

52.1

129

31.9

65

16.0

Heart disease

        

  No

2019

92.0

926

45.9

628

31.1

465

23.0

  Yes

176

8.0

100

56.8

54

30.7

22

12.5

Advice to exercise

        

  No

1544

70.3

724

46.9

454

29.4

366

23.7

  Yes

651

29.7

302

46.4

228

35.0

121

18.6

  1. *HEPA, health enhancing physical activity.
  2. Some totals do not add up to 2195 or 100% due to missing data.