The First Step of Health Policy-Making for Lifestyle Modifications at Middle Age: Problem Identification in 40- to 60-Year-Old Population, Northern Iran

Table 3

Distribution of physical activity in men and women within age groups of 40–49 and 50–60 years.

IPAQ parameters	Mean ± SD of IPAQ parameters in the two age groups (MET min/week)
	40–49 years			50–60 years
	Female ()	Male ()	value	Female ()	Male ()	value
Walking	755.9 ± 974.5	4033.3 ± 40.39.2	<0.001	924.9 ± 834.4	2901.4 ± 3145.8	<0.001
Moderate activity	1889.1 ± 2112.9	2850.3 ± 3383.1	0.039	1782.4 ± 2602.0	4395.3 ± 5650.7	<0.001
Vigorous activity	209.1 ± 1008.2	992.1 ± 2397.2	0.009	336.5 ± 2026.0	1514.6 ± 3470.2	<0.001
Total physical activity	2854.1 ± 3143.0	7875.7 ± 5625.9	<0.001	3043.8 ± 3503.0	8811.3 ± 7550.6	<0.001