Mood profile in men and women of all ages is improved by leisure-time physical activity rather than work-related physical activity

Table 2 Average (σ) descriptive data of lifestyle parameters

Parameter	Gender		p-value	\( \eta_{p}^{2}\)
Parameter	Female	Male	p-value	\( \eta_{p}^{2}\)
Walking at work, min/week	356 (103.5)	398.8 (125.8)	0.378	0.001
Walking to work and back home, min/week	389.5 (89.8)	367.1 (118.5)	0.541	0.001
Leisure walking, min/week	332.6 (91.3)	251.8 (88.1)	0.038	0.001
Total walking time, min/week	1078.1 (284.6)	1017.7 (332.4)	0.39	0.001
MVPAw, min/week	325.8 (98.4)	438.4 (126.4)	0.015	0.001
MVPAh, min/week	286.9 (101.1)	259.8 (88.9)	0.49	0.001
MVPAlt, min/week	174.2 (71.2)	358.4 (88.6)	0.0001	0.07
MVPA total, min/week	786.9 (270.7)	1056.6 (303.9)	0.0001	0.03
SBw, min/d	309.5 (99.5)	313.2 (103.7)	0.73	0.001
SBlt, min/d	237.9 (77.8)	245.9 (88.7)	0.43	0.001
SB total, min/d	547.4 (177.3)	559.1 (192.4)	0.58	0.001

Note MVPAw– work-related moderate to vigorous physical activity; MVPAh– household moderate to vigorous physical activity; MVPAlt- leisure-time moderate to vigorous physical activity; SBw– work-related sedentary behaviour; SBlt–leisure-time sedentary behaviour; σ– the standard deviation; p– the level of marginal significance within a statistical hypothesis test; when \( \eta_{p }^{2}\) falls in the interval from > 0.01 to < 0.06, then it is considered a small effect size, when from > 0.06 to < 0.14– medium effect size

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