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Table 2 Characteristics of the participants

From: Measurement of physical activity in urban and rural South African adults: a comparison of two self-report methods

Variable

N

All

Men (n = 276, 30.3 %)

Women (n = 634, 69.7 %)

P-value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

(Gender)

Age (years)

910

59.2 (9.5)

59.7 (9.6)

59.1 (9.4)

0.398

 Rural

530

58.5 (8.9)*

59.4 (9.7)

58.0 (8.5)

0.095

 Urban

380

60.4 (10.2)

59.9 (9.6)

60.6 (10.4)

0.574

BMI (kg/m2)

900

26.2 (7.5)

21.8 (4.9)

28.1 (7.7)

<0.001

 Rural

526

25.9 (7.2)

21.9 (4.9)

27.6 (7.4)

<0.001

 Urban

374

26.6 (7.9)

21.8 (4.9)

28.9 (8.1)

<0.001

  1. *Significant difference between rural and urban sample (P = 0.002)
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