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Table 3 Physical activity estimates from the Baecke questionnaire and IPAQ-SF

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

Variable

All

P-value

Men

Women

P-value

Mean (SD)

(Location)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

(Gender)

Beacke questionnaire

 Work index

2.8 (0.9)

 

2.7 (1.1)

2.8 (0.7)

0.103

  Rural

2.7 (0.9)

0.107

2.6 (1.1)

2.8 (0.8)

0.113

  Urban

2.8 (0.8)

2.8 (1.1)

2.9 (0.6)

0.506

 Walking index

0.3 (0.8)

 

0.5 (1.0)

0.2 (0.6)

<0.001*

  Rural

0.3 (0.8)

0.246

0.6 (1.1)

0.2 (0.7)

<0.001*

  Urban

0.3 (0.7)

0.4 (0.8)

0.2 (0.6)

0.070

 Sport index

0.1 (0.4)

 

0.1 (0.5)

0.0 (0.3)

0.021*

  Rural

0.0 (0.3)

0.014*

0.0 (0.2)

0.0 (0.3)

0.503

  Urban

0.1 (0.5)

0.2 (0.8)

0.0 (0.3)

0.002*

 Leisure index

1.9 (0.9)

 

2.1 (0.9)

1.8 (0.8)

<0.001*

  Rural

1.9 (0.9)

0.909

2.1 (1.0)

1.8 (0.8)

<0.001*

  Urban

1.9 (0.9)

2.1 (0.9)

1.8 (0.9)

<0.001*

 Total PA index

5.0 (1.7)

 

5.5 (2.4)

4.9 (1.3)

<0.001*

  Rural

5.0 (1.8)

0.423

5.5 (2.4)

4.8 (1.4)

<0.001*

  Urban

5.1 (1.6)

5.5 (2.1)

4.9 (1.2)

<0.001*

 PA category (%)

  Low PA (%)

97 (10.7)

 

42 (15.2)

55 (8.7)

<0.001*

  Moderate PA (%)

686 (75.3)

 

161 (58.4)

525 (82.8)

  High PA (%)

127 (14.0)

 

73 (26.4)

54 (8.5)

IPAQ-SF

 Vigorous PA (min/wk)

50.9 (130.4)

 

84.3 (174.6)

36.4 (102.3)

<0.001*

  Rural

56.6 (136.6)

0.118

95.1 (167.4)

40.5 (117.8)

<0.001*

  Urban

42.9 (121.0)

70.1 (183.5)

30.6 (74.7)

0.003*

 Moderate PA (min/wk)

272.3 (288.4)

 

336.4 (335.7)

244.4 (260.6)

<0.001*

  Rural

229.9 (264.3)

<0.001*

302.2 (324.9)

199.6 (227.9)

<0.001*

  Urban

331.4 (309.8)

381.5 (345.7)

308.6 (289.8)

0.033*

 Walking (min/wk)

240.9 (255.7)

 

277.1 (272.9)

225.2 (246.5)

0.005*

  Rural

215.7 (207.5)

<0.001*

249.5 (244.2)

201.4 (188.4)

0.015*

  Urban

276.2 (307.0)

313.6 (303.8)

259.1 (308.5)

0.110

 Total PA (MET-min/wk)

2291.3 (2188.6)

 

2934.3 (2744.3)

2011.5 (1829.8)

<0.001*

  Rural

2084.2 (2194.4)

0.001*

2792.6 (2761.6)

1786.1 (1829.9)

<0.001*

  Urban

2580.3 (2150.3)

3121.2 (2721.7)

2333.6 (1784.2)

0.001*

 MVPA (min/wk)

323.1 (358.6)

 

420.5 (437.5)

280.8 (309.2)

<0.001*

  Rural

286.5 (354.7)

<0.001*

397.3 (437.8)

239.9 (301.9)

<0.001*

  Urban

374.2 (358.3)

451.1 (437.1)

339.1 (310.5)

0.005*

 Sedentary time (min/wk)

297.8 (162.1)

 

311.4 (190.6)

291.8 (147.8)

0.093

  Rural

285.2 (163.9)

0.006*

304.1 (198.1)

277.3 (146.8)

0.085

  Urban

315.2 (158.2)

321.1 (180.6)

312.5 (147.1)

0.625

Activity group (%)

 Inactive

150 (16.5)

 

57 (20.7)

93 (14.7)

<0.001*

 Not sufficiently active (%)

221 (24.3)

 

43 (15.6)

178 (28.1)

 

 Sufficiently active (%)

539 (59.2)

 

176 (63.8)

363 (57.3)

  1. SD standard deviation, PA physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, min/wk minutes per week
  2. *significant P-value
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