Table 3 Sex- and physical activity-dependent prevalences of cardiovascular risk factors for three age groups
Age (years) Sex | Physical activity < 600 MET min/week | Physical activity 600–1200 MET min/week | Physical activity > 1200 MET min/week | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | BMI ≥ 30 (%) | Hypertension (%) | Hypercholesterolemia (%) | Diabetes (%) | n | BMI ≥ 30 (%) | Hypertension (%) | Hypercholesterolemia (%) | Diabetes (%) | n | BMI ≥ 30 (%) | Hypertension (%) | Hypercholesterolemia (%) | Diabetes (%) | |
16–45 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
Male | 1517 | 15.0 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 539 | 13.2 | 5.0 | 4.1a | 0.7 | 727 | 10.3 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
Female | 1771 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 749 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 657 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
46–65 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
Male | 1168 | 24.6 | 29.3 | 30.7 | 7.9 | 527 | 22.8 | 27.1 | 24.5 | 5.7 | 890 | 18.9a | 24.2 | 21.7a | 6.0 |
Female | 1408 | 22.5 | 26.1 | 22.0 | 5.1 | 649 | 17.6 | 22.7 | 22.3 | 4.3 | 864 | 13.0 | 19.4a | 20.1 | 3.0 |
> 65 |  | ||||||||||||||
Male | 838 | 22.9 | 50.6 | 32.3 | 22.0 | 349 | 19.5 | 47.6 | 25.8 | 17.8 | 611 | 14.7a | 45.0 | 29.5 | 10.1a, b |
Female | 1215 | 24.3 | 56.5 | 35.0 | 17.9 | 420 | 16.0a | 50.0 | 31.2 | 12.1a | 562 | 12.1a | 41.3a, b | 32.7 | 7.5a |