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Table 3 Time trends by gender and age group in leisure time physical activity and physical fitness between 1987 and 2006

From: Time trends in leisure time physical activity and physical fitness in elderly people: 20 year follow-up of the Spanish population national health survey (1987-2006)

WOMEN

 

Age group

SNHS 1987

SNHS 1993

SNHS 95-97

SNHS 2001

SNHS 2003

SNHS 2006

P-value*

 

Leisure time physical activity+

65-79

13.3

28.2

36.8

40.4

36.4

59.2

< 0.001

  

≥ 80

9.1

23.1

26.0

26.9

18.3

40.3

< 0.001

  

Total

12.7

24.2

35.1

38.2

32.1

54.6

< 0.001

 

Walking up 10 step+

65-79

NA

86.5

87.9

87.6

88.2

85.6

0.056

  

≥ 80

NA

68.4

70.7

71.2

61.6

66.4

0.108

  

Total

NA

83.8

85.3

85.0

81.8

80.9

0.401

 

Walking for one hour+

65-79

NA

77.8

75.8

79.0

78.5

75.5

0.065

  

≥ 80

NA

53.6

44.4

53.5

42.6

45.3

0.385

  

Total

NA

74.2

71.0

75.0

70.0

68.1

0.172

MEN

Leisure time physical activity

65-79

26.6

45.2

56.7

60.5

45.0

73.0

< 0.001

  

≥ 80

18.9

49.0

41.7

46.8

33.1

58.4

< 0.001

  

Total

25.5

46.0

53.9

58.4

42.6

69.6

< 0.001

 

Walking up 10 step

65-79

NA

92.9

93.8

94.5

92.6

91.0

0.158

  

≥ 80

NA

80.5

82.5

82.9

77.0

74.7

0.502

  

Total

NA

91.4

91.8

92.7

89.6

87.3

0.056

 

Walking for one hour

65-79

NA

87.7

88.6

88.3

87.8

84.7

0.072

  

≥ 80

NA

75.3

66.2

70.6

65.7

61.2

0.248

  

Total

NA

86.3

84.8

85.7

83.4

79.4

0.066

  1. P value for association between the prevalence of study variables and the SNHS (multivariate regression models)/NA: Not available.
  2. + Significant differences in the total prevalence of study variables between women and men