Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Average number of steps per day (±SE) before, during and after Ramadan by various factors

Factors	Time
Factors	Before Ramadan	Ramadan	After Ramadan
Overall	9018 ± 344	8938 ± 344	8734 ± 344
Nationality
Qatari	9339 ± 355^c	9345 ± 354^c	8913 ± 354^abc
Non Qatari	8867 ± 347	8741 ± 347	8651 ± 347
Chronic Diseases
Yes	8253 ± 640	7960 ± 640	7936 ± 640
No	9327 ± 406	9332 ± 406	9056 ± 406
Gender
Female	8691 ± 691	8500 ± 691	8477 ± 691
Male	9127 ± 397	9082 ± 397	8820 ± 397
Marital Status
Single	8288 ± 1211	7971 ± 1211	7834 ± 1211
Married	9115 ± 368	9046 ± 368	8844 ± 368
Other	8359 ± 1763	8504 ± 1762	8124 ± 1761
Educational level
High School or lower	11,210 ± 974^c	10,185 ± 973^a	10,029 ± 973^a
University/ Higher education	8730 ± 369	8787 ± 369	8592 ± 369
Smoking status
Non-smoker	8773 ± 384	8834 ± 384	8548 ± 384
Past smoker	10,388 ± 941	9367 ± 941	9698 ± 941
Current smoker	9233 ± 1378	9367 ± 1378	9066 ± 1377
BMI group
Normal	9639 ± 665	9455 ± 665	9118 ± 665
Overweight	8722 ± 535	8775 ± 535	8588 ± 535
Obese	8735 ± 617	8543 ± 617	8477 ± 617
Age group
25–35	7325 ± 1120	6920 ± 1122	6965 ± 1121
35–45	8822 ± 631	8904 ± 631	8658 ± 631
45–55	9476 ± 562	9145 ± 562	8854 ± 562
Above 55	9365 ± 761	9653 ± 761	9545 ± 761
Fasting all (most) days in Ramadan
Yes	9038 ± 352	8653 ± 353^a	8659 ± 353^a
No	8968 ± 403	9700 ± 405^ca	8936 ± 406^b

^asignificantly different than Before Ramadan
^bsignificantly different than During Ramadan
^csignificantly higher between categories (Qatari/Non Qatari education level and fasting status at the same time period)

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