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Table 4 Cross tabulation of demographic characteristics with levels of physical activity

From: “Do as we say, not as we do?” the lifestyle behaviours of hospital doctors working in Ireland: a national cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Inactive

Minimally Active

HEPA

X2

Age

  ≤ 30

22.1 (75)

56 (190)

21.8 (74)

34.13***

 31–40

30.1 (153)

55.5 (282)

14.4 (73)

 

 41–50

25.6 (112)

58.1 (254)

16.2 (71)

 

  > 50

17.4 (64)

56.4 (207)

26.2 (96)

 

Sex

 Male

21.2 (178)

57.9 (486)

20.9 (175)

11.22**

 Female

27.9 (229)

54.9 (450)

17.2 (141)

 

Work Grade

 Consultant

21.4 (190)

58.7 (521)

19.9 (177)

9.87**

 Trainee

28 (217)

53.9 (417)

18.1 (140)

 

Sex and Work Grade

 Male (C)

17.2 (93)

60.1 (325)

22.7 (123)

15.42***

 Male (T)

28.5 (85)

54 (161)

17.4 (52)

 

 Female (C)

28 (97)

56.4 (195)

15.6 (54)

1.12

 Female (T)

27.8 (132)

53.8 (255)

18.4 (87)

 

Marital status

 Married or cohabitating

25.7 (298)

56.6 (656)

17.6 (204)

6.55

 Single

22.4 (96)

55.4 (237)

22.2 (95)

 

 Divorced or separated

18.0 (9)

58 (29)

24 (12)

 

Nationality

 Irish

23.5 (335)

57 (813)

19.6 (279)

5.95

 Non-Irish

30.6 (72)

53.2 (125)

16.2 (38)

 

Specialty

 Anaesthetics

15 (35)

58.1 (136)

26.9 (63)

37.40**

 Emergency

27.5 (22)

55 (44)

17.5 (14)

 

 Medicine

23.7 (101)

54.9 (234)

21.4 (91)

 

 Obstetrics & Gynaecology

29.4 (30)

49 (50)

21.6 (22)

 

 Ophthalmology

32.3 (10)

48.4 (15)

19.4 (6)

 

 Paediatrics

22.2 (35)

57.6 (91)

20.3 (32)

 

 Pathology

25.2 (33)

62.6 (82)

12.2 (16)

 

 Psychiatry

30.9 (82)

56.2 (149)

12.8 (34)

 

 Surgery

25 (58)

58.6 (136)

16.4 (38)

 

Mean Hours Worked/Week

  < 40

30.6 (34)

56.8 (63)

12.6 (14)

9.701*

 40–80

23.1 (313)

57.3 (777)

19.7 (267)

 

  > 80

31.2 (39)

48 (60)

20.8 (26)

 

Total

24.5 (407)

56.4 (938)

19.1 (317)

 
  1. *P value <.05 ** P value <.01 *** P value ≤ .001