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Table 3 Percentages of Self-rated physical fitness and sufficient physical activity in different PFI-categories and age groups

From: A cross-sectional study of low physical fitness, self-rated fitness and psychosocial factors in a sample of Finnish 18- to 64-year-old men

 

Low (n = 172)

Moderate (n = 386)

High (n = 341)

p

Self-rated PF

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

(Χ2)

Age 18-34

    

  good

6 (12.5)

45 (43.7)

81 (76.4)

<0.001

  moderate

31 (64.6)

47 (45.6)

22 (20.8)

60.4

  poor

11 (22.9)

11 (10.7)

3 (2.8)

 

Age 35-49

    

  good

3 (4.6)

29 (20.7)

86 (71.7)

<0.001

  moderate

33 (50.8)

97 (69.3)

33 (27.5)

153.2

  poor

29 (44.6)

14 (10.0)

1 (0.8)

 

Age 50-64

    

  good

8 (13.6)

38 (26.6)

76 (66.1)

<0.001

  moderate

28 (47.5)

89 (62.2)

37 (32.2)

91.9

  poor

23 (39.0)

16 (11.2)

2 (1.7)

 

I engage sufficiently in PA

    

  18-34

18 (37.5)

56 (54.4)

84 (79.2)

<0.001

  35-49

13 (20.0)

64 (45.7)

98 (81.7)

<0.001

  50-64

11 (18.6)

71 (49.7)

98 (85.2)

<0.001

  1. F = frequencies,% = percentage, p = significance tested by chi square-test, Χ2 = chi square.