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Seasonal Variations in Physical Activity Domains among Rural and Urban Bangladeshis Using a Culturally Relevant Past Year Physical Activity Questionnaire (PYPAQ)

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of total and domain-specific physical activity derived from the past year physical activity questionnaire (PYPAQ) in MET-min/week averaged over 12 months.
PYPAQ domains MET-min/weekTotal (n = 162)Rural residents (n = 97)Urban residents (n = 65)Male (n = 74)Female (n = 88)
Median (Q1; Q3)Median (Q1; Q3)Median (Q1; Q3)Median (Q1; Q3)Median (Q1; Q3)
Occupation
 Moderate PA1426.6 (502.10; 2403.69)1615.8 (1090.10; 2641.79)426.7 (0; 2326.34)<0.0011921.73 (502.10; 2858.65)1278.75 (461.97; 2283.140.036
 Vigorous PA14.4 (0; 114.73)78.5 (36.92; 224.42)0 (0; 0)<0.00114.06 (0; 150.00)21.92 (0; 110.77)0.60
Household
 Moderate PA1442.5 (682.00; 2180.32)1857.6 (1296.17; 2505.94)643.0 (348.46; 1379.60)<0.001937.36 (486.94; 1486.45)1998.02 (1252.99; 2645.97)<0.001
 Vigorous PA7.8 (0; 105.14)23.4 (2.16; 166.15)0 (0; 15.14)<0.0012.16 (0; 11.68)34.61 (0; 186.92)<0.001
Gardening
 Moderate PA4.9 (0; 19.80)12.3 (3.42; 24.57)0 (0; 0.22)<0.0012.85 (0; 13.77)5.92 (0; 23.65)0.388
Travel
 Moderate PA508.0 (314.48; 720.46)562.1 (402.23; 802.85)278.1 (134.08; 562.15)<0.001562.15 (343.62; 783.92)458.31 (281.08; 644.13)0.159
 Vigorous PA235.1 (22.50; 657.26)476.0 (265.56; 914.46)13.8 (0; 71.59)<0.001504.52 (21.65; 1123.27)168.68 (22.50; 366.92)0.001
Leisure
 Moderate PA169.6 (56.54; 339.23)339.2 (169.62; 339.23)36.3 (0; 113.08)<0.001181.15 (102.12; 339.23)169.62 (2.39; 254.42)0.005
 Vigorous PA0 (0; 161.54)6.5 (0; 339.23)0 (0; 3.04)<0.001179.55 (1.08; 592.75)0 (0; 0)<0.001
PYPAQ—total MVPA4753.4 (2977.49; 6382.29)5914.5 (4647.88; 7161.45)2373.4 (1080.60; 4217.88)<0.0014602.04 (2670.44; 7056.11)4825.58 (3135.58; 6173.83)0.541
Results are expressed as median (Q1; Q3); Mann–Whitney U test was performed for group difference.

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