Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 2 Association between participants’ characteristics and physical exercise

From: Perceived benefits and barriers towards exercise among healthcare providers in Ain Shams University Hospitals, Egypt

	Exercise				Test	p
	Yes	(%)	No	(%)	Test	p
Age mean (SD)	29.70 (8.20)		29.04 (7.54)		− .750^†	.454
Sex
Male	89	51.7	83	48.3	7.393^!	.007*
Female	57	36.8	98	63.2	7.393^!	.007*
Occupation
Nurse	34	44.2	43	55.8	.010^!	.921
Physicians	112	44.8	138	55.2	.010^!	.921
Marital status
Single	82	45.1	100	54.9	.327^#	.955
Married	57	44.5	71	55.5
Divorced	2	33.3	4	66.7
Widow	5	45.5	6	54.5
Smoking
No	114	45.2	138	54.8	.155^!	.694
Yes	32	42.7	43	57.3	.155^!	.694
Type of smoke**
Cigarette	17	41.5	24	58.5	.189^#	.910
Shisha	15	45.5	18	54.5
Others	2	50.0	2	50.0
Duration of smoking mean (SD)	5.78 (3.28)		5.72 (4.22)		− .067^†	.947
BMI mean (SD)	24.80 (3.99)		26.26 (4.34)		3.132^†	.002*
BMI
Under weight	5	83.3	1	16.7	12.177^#	.007*
Normal	84	51.9	78	48.1
Over weight	42	36.8	72	63.2
Obese	15	33.3	30	66.7

^†Independent t test
^!Chi-square test
^#Fisher exact test
*Significant p value < 0.05
**more than one answer is allowed

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