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Table 3 Proportion of participants meeting physical activity and sleep guidelines, stratified by gender

From: “… Exercise opportunities became very important”: Scottish older adults’ changes in physical activity during Covid19’

 

All

Men

Women

IPAQ Physical activity categoryb

 Low PA

252 (21)

40 (14)

212 (23)

 Mod PA

427 (36)

99 (36)

328 (36)

 High PA

515 (43)a

136 (49)

377 (41)

Strength training category

 Yes (≥2d)

155 (13)a

38 (14)

115 (12)

 No

1044 (87)

238 (86)

806 (88)

Meeting both components of PA guidelines

 Yes

140 (12)a

36 (13)

102 (11)

 No

1054 (88)

239 (87)

815 (89)

Sleep categoryc

 Short sleeper

520 (44)a

96 (35)

423 (46)

 Ideal sleeper

616 (52)a

164 (60)

451 (50)

 Long sleeper

51 (4)

15 (5)

36 (4)

  1. aTwo participants selected ‘prefer not to say’ in response to the gender question; frequencies do not add up
  2. bLow PA = Not meeting PA guidelines; Mod = meeting PA guidelines; High = meeting PA guidelines but highly active
  3. cShort sleepers reported less sleep than ideal, long sleepers reported more sleep than ideal