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Table 1 Description of general health, education, and occupational characteristics of the participants

From: Relationship of physical activity to cardiovascular risk factors in an urban population of Nigerian adults

Characteristics

Total (N = 292)

Women (n = 102)

Men (n = 190)

p-valuea

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Health Status

   

0.282

Excellent

65 (22.3)

18 (17.6)

47 (24.7)

 

Good

202 (69.2)

73 (71.6)

129 (67.9)

 

Fair

25 (8.5)

11 (10.8)

14 (7.4)

 

Health Problem†

    

Diabetes

16 (8.9)

7 (7.1)

9 (11.3)

 

Heart Disease

22 (12.4)

8 (8.2)

14 (17.5)

 

Hypertension

41 (23.1)

25 (25.5)

16 (20.6) ††

 

High Cholesterol

12 (6.8)

9 (9.2)

3 (3.7) ††

 

Metabolic Syndrome

87 (48.8)

49 (50.0)

38 (46.9) ††

 

Body Mass Index

   

<0.001*

Normal weight

134 (45.9)

22 (21.6)

112 (58.9)

 

Overweight

88 (30.1)

37 (36.3)

51 (26.8)

 

Obese

70 (24.0)

43 (42.1)

27 (14.3)

 

Education level

   

0.069

> Secondary school

256 (87.7)

88 (86.3)

168 (88.4)

 

Secondary school

26 (8.9)

13 (12.7)

13 (6.8)

 

< Secondary school

10 (3.4)

1 (1.0)

9 (4.7)

 

Work Setting

   

0.051

Health sector

41 (14.1)

23 (22.5)

18 (9.5)

 

Education sector

45 (15.4)

19 (18.6)

26 (13.7)

 

Ministry

206 (70.5)

60 (58.8)

146 (76.8)

 

Occupation activity

   

0.003*

Highly sedentary

62 (21.2)

33 (32.4)

29 (15.3)

 

Moderately sedentary

109 (37.3)

37 (36.3)

72 (37.9)

 

Moderately active

47 (16.1)

15 (14.7)

32 (16.8)

 

Highly active

74 (25.4)

17 (16.7)

57 (30.0)

 
  1. BMI_ Body Mass Index.
  2. WC_ Waist circumference.
  3. a- p- value based on Chi-Square statistic;* p < 0.05 was considered significant.
  4. †_ Values do not add up due to missing data (13 missing data for heart disease, 6 for hypertension, and 28 for high cholesterol). ††_ Only for hypertension (p = 0.045), high cholesterol (p = 0.023) and metabolic syndrome (p = 0.048) were significant differences exist in health problems between men and women.