Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Czech adults: Results from the GPAQ study

Figures & data

Figure 1. Proportion of respondents according to the level of PA by age groups and gender.

Table I. Odds ratios for meeting the low PA level (model 1) and high PA level (model 2) categories.

Variable	Model 1 Being low active			Model 2 Being high active
	%^a	OR	CI	%^a	OR	CI
Age
18–39 years	22.2	Ref.		56.3	Ref.
40–64 years	32.6	1.691**	1.335–2.140	45.8	0.656**	0.533–0.809
65 years and more	53.8	4.039**	3.036–5.372	26.3	0.285	0.212–0.382
Gender
Male	30.3	Ref.		51.7	Ref.
Female	34.1	1.112	0.904–1.368	41.5	0.695**	0.573–0.843

Notes: %^a: percentage of participants who met the criterion in a given area; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval

** p < 0.001.

Figure 2. Mean value of PA (MET-minutes per day) and sedentary behaviour (minutes per day).

Table II. F-values of differences in PA (MET-minutes per day) and sedentary behaviour (minutes per day) by age group and gender.

Variable/Ffactor	Fage	Fgender	Fage×gender
Physical activity (PA)
PA at work	10.42**	10.37*	1.83
Travel to and from places	0.62	0.32	0.51
Recreational PA	32.86**	3.25	2.19
Sedentary behaviour
Sitting time	8.02**	0.06	0.25

Note: Based on multivariate analysis of variance: *p < 0.01; **p < 0.001.