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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participants by genders

From: Association with subjective measured physical activity (GPAQ) and quality of life (WHOQoL-BREF) of ageing adults in Hungary, a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Female

Male

 
 

Mean or Frequency

SD or N

Mean or Frequency

SD or N

Mean or Frequency

SD or N

p

Gender

Female

61.32

149

 

Male

38.68

94

Age groups

50–59

20.16

49

18.79

28

22.34

21

0.615

60–64

18.52

45

17.45

26

20.21

19

65-

61.32

149

63.76

95

57.45

54

Education

Low

15.64

38

16.11

24

14.89

14

0.966

Middle

49.79

121

49.66

74

50.00

47

High

34.57

84

34.23

51

35.11

33

Place of living

Urban

71.60

174

72.48

108

70.21

66

0.702

Rural

28.40

69

27.52

41

29.79

28

Anthropometric properties

Height (cm)

168.17

8.78

164.14

7.31

174.50

7.01

≤0.001

Weight (kg)

76.16

14.50

70.48

11.45

85.33

14.26

≤0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

95.93

16.08

92.00

17.29

102.73

11.04

0.003

Hip circumference (cm)

106.91

23.78

107.32

28.19

106.23

13.87

0.091

Waist to hip ratio

0.98

0.11

0.88

0.18

0.91

0.16

≤0.001

BMI

26.95

4.50

26.26

4.75

28.04

3.85

≤0.001

Health status

Average, good, very good (%)

80.25

202

79.87

119

80.85

76

0.475

Sport

Does not do any sports regularly

70.78

172

67.79

101

75.53

71

0.196

Does sport regularly

29.22

71

32.21

48

24.47

23

  1. BMI Body Mass Index; N number; SD standard deviation