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Table 2 Prevalence of low, moderate and high PA levels by BMI status among men and women, NHMS 2015

From: Physical activity and overweight/obesity among Malaysian adults: findings from the 2015 National Health and morbidity survey (NHMS)

Variable

BMI status

Normal-weight

Overweight/Obese

Men

Women

p-valuea

Men

Women

p-valuea

PA level, % (95% CI)

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Low

26.5 (24.6–28.5)

36.8 (34.7–39.0)

 

28.4 (26.4–30.3)

33.4 (31.5–35.3)

 

 Moderate

35.2 (33.3–37.2)

46.4 (44.3–48.6)

 

39.5 (37.6–41.5)

48.6 (46.7–50.5)

 

 High

38.3 (35.9–40.7)

16.7 (15.2–18.4)

 

32.1 (30.2–34.1)

18.0 (16.6–19.6)

 
  1. a p-value for the differences between men and women in each BMI group using Chi-square test