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Table 2 Rates of physical activity among Lebanese adults diagnosed with diabetes and at risk for developing diabetes, 2009

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

 

Baseline population

Rates of physical activity

 
  

Inactive

Moderate

HEPA

 
 

N

%

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

P-value

Diabetes

187

8.5

104

55.6

48.0–63.0

65

34.8

28.0–42.0

18

9.6

5.8–14.8

<0.001

No Diabetes

2008

91.5

922

45.9

43.7–48.1

617

30.7

28.7–32.8

469

23.4

21.5–25.3

  0 diabetes risk factors*

229

10.4

109

47.6

40.9–54.3

54

23.6

18.2–29.6

66

28.8

23.0–35.1

<0.001

  1 to 2 diabetes risk factors

1111

50.6

513

46.2

43.2–49.1

337

30.3

27.6–33.1

261

23.5

21.0–26.1

  3 to 4 diabetes risk factors

577

26.3

256

44.4

40.3–48.5

197

34.1

30.3–38.2

124

21.5

18.2–25.1

  5 to 6 diabetes risk factors

91

4.1

44

48.4

37.7–59.1

29

31.9

22.5–42.5

18

19.8

12.2–29.5

Total

2195

100

1026

46.7

44.6–48.9

682

31.1

29.1–33.0

487

22.1

20.5–24.0

 
  1. *Diabetes risk factors, based on the ADA, included: age ≥ 45 years, BMI≥25 kg/m2, a diagnosis of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease and family history of diabetes.