Prevalence of physical inactivity and barriers to physical activity among obese attendants at a community health-care center in Karachi, Pakistan

Table 2 Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics between physically inactive & physically active groups (n = 350)

Continuous variables	Physically inactive	Physically active	p - value
	Mean [SD]	Mean [SD]
*Age*	41.74 [10.67]	38.05 [11.57]	0.01*
*BMI*	30.93 [4.35]	29.66 [3.15]	0.01*
*Income*	18495 [17413]	19871 [21499]	0.59^‡
	Mode: 10000	Mode: 5000
	Median: 15000	Median: 12000
Categorical variables	Physically inactive	Physically active	p - value
	Numbers [%]	Numbers [%]
*Gender*
Male	121 [47.6]	42 [43.7]	0.52^†
Female	133 [52.4]	54 [56.3]
*Ethnicity*
Urdu	93 [36.6]	42 [43.8]	0.22^†
Other	161 [63.4]	54 [56.2]
*Marital status*
Single	20 [7.9]	20 [20.8]	<0.05^†
Married	229 [90.1]	73 [76.1]
Widow	5 [2.0]	3 [3.1]
*Level of Education*
Uneducated	39 [15.4]	8 [8.3]	0.10^†
Below matric	59 [23.1]	18 [18.9]
Matric & Above	156 [61.5]	70 [72.8]
*Family structure*
Nuclear	94 [37.0]	64 [66.7]	<0.05^†
Extended	160 [63.0]	32 [33.3]
*F/H of obesity*
Yes	182 [71.7]	40 [41.7]	<0.05^†
No	72 [28.3]	56 [58.3]

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