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Table 2 Levels of moderate and vigorous physical activity at initial age when entering the study

From: Physical activity levels and determinants of change in young adults: a longitudinal panel study

  

Males (N = 1534)

Females (N = 1534)

number of days with ≥ 30 min of moderate activities per week

inactive

0 day

23.4%

29.7%

 

1 day

22.6%

25.9%

 

2 days

11.5%

12.0%

 

3 days

27.7%

21.1%

active

4 days

6.5%

3.9%

 

5 days

3.8%

3.6%

 

6 days

1.7%

1.5%

 

7 days

2.8%

2.3%

frequency of engaging in sport activities

"no sport"

never

9.6%

17.9%

 

less than once a month

2.6%

3.2%

 

at least once a month

6.6%

8.9%

active in sport

at least once a week

69.4%

63.2%

 

every day

11.8%

6.8%

frequency of complete inactivity

completely inactive

inactive and no sport

12.6%

20.6%

somewhat active

 

87.4%

79.4%

  1. The categories printed in bold correspond to the definition of the dichotomous physical activity outcome variables.