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Table 1 Characteristics of participants of Persian Cohort Study by poor physical activity status

From: Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study

Variables

Total

PPA

N (%)

N (%)

Sex

 Male

57,614 (44.57)

30,389 (52.75)

 Female

71,643 (55.43)

46,187 (64.47)

Age groups (years)

 35–44

45,809 (35.44)

26,272 (57.35)

 45–54

43,481 (33.64)

24,941 (57.36)

 55–64

31,573 (24.43)

19,521 (61.83)

  > =65

8394 (6.49)

5842 (69.60)

Marital status

 Single

2910 (2.25)

1930 (66.32)

 Married

117,521 (90.92)

68,286 (58.11)

 Widowed and divorced

8826 (6.83)

6360 (72.06)

Smoking status

 No

101,136 (78.24)

61,212 (60.52)

 Current

18,115 (14.01)

9606 (53.03)

 Former

10,006 (7.74)

5758 (57.55)

Hookah smoking

 No

114,949 (88.93)

68,318 (59.43)

 Yes

14,308 (11.07)

8258 (57.72)

Drug abuse

 No

113,812 (88.05)

67,742 (59.52)

 Yes

15,445 (11.95)

8834 (57.20)

Alcohol drinking

 No

117,559 (90.95)

70,287 (59.79)

 Yes

11,698 (9.05)

6289 (53.76)

BMI

 Underweight

2561 (1.98)

1293 (50.49)

 Normal weight

34,671 (26.82)

18,478 (53.30)

 Overweight

52,688 (40.76)

31,396 (59.59)

 Obese

39,337 (30.43)

25,409 (64.59)

Provinces

 Fars (FA)

22,939 (17.75)

14,784 (64.45)

 Khouzestan (KH)

8991 (6.96)

6883 (76.55)

 Sistan and Baluchestan (SB)

8152 (6.31)

6080 (74.58)

 Kerman (KE)

9885 (7.65)

7187 (72.71)

 Razavi Khorasan (RK)

2868 (2.22)

1782 (62.13)

 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (CB)

6655 (5.15)

4134 (62.12)

 Kermanshah (KSH)

10,040 (7.77)

5775 (57.52)

 Ardabil (AR)

8178 (6.33)

4696 (57.42)

 Guilan (GU)

10,494 (8.12)

5818 (55.44)

 Hormozgan (HO)

3285 (2.54)

1782 (54.25)

 Yazd (YA)

9388 (7.26)

4663 (49.67)

 East Azerbaijan (EA)

14,958 (11.57)

7343 (49.09)

 Mazandaran (MA)

10,252 (7.93)

4703 (45.87)

 West Azerbaijan (WA)

3172 (2.54)

946 (29.82)

Socioeconomic Status (SES)

 1st quintile (lowest)

25,995 (20.11)

14,344 (55.18)

 2nd quintile

25,901 (20.04)

14,402 (55.60)

 3rd quintile

25,819 (19.97)

14,887 (57.66)

 4th quintile

25,778 (19.94)

15,490 (60.09)

 5th quintile (highest)

25,764 (19.93)

17,453 (67.74)

Total

129,257 (100)

76,576 (59.24)