Table 3 Relation of adherence level to HEP among exercise group with regard to demographic characteristics
Exercise group | test | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High adherence n = 86 | Low adherence n = 18 | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
Mean± SD Median (range) | 54.9 ±7.1 54.5 (41–65) | 59.2 ±5.8 59 (50–65) | t = 2.4 | 0.015* | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
Mean± SD Median(range) | 27.15±4.3 25.3 (23–43) | 27.6±2.8 26.5 (23–33) | t = 0.41 | 0.68 | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male (22) | 20 | 90.9 | 2 | 9.1 | f | 0.56 |
Females (82) | 66 | 80.49 | 16 | 19.51 | ||
Education | ||||||
Illiterate (11) | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 45.5 | 9.3 | 0.002* |
Educated (93) | 80 | 86.1 | 13 | 13.9 | ||
Employment | ||||||
Employer (39) | 33 | 84.62 | 6 | 15.38 | ||
Unemployed (47) | 39 | 82.9 | 8 | 17.1 | 0.41 | 0.81 |
Manual worker (18) | 14 | 77.78 | 4 | 22.22 | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Married (62) | 53 | 85.48 | 9 | 14.52 | 1.3 | 0.25 |
Single (42) | 33 | 78.6 | 9 | 21.4 | ||
Residence | ||||||
Rural (60) | 52 | 86.7 | 8 | 13.3 | 1.1 | 0.29 |
Urban (44) | 34 | 77.27 | 10 | 22.73 | ||
Smoking | ||||||
No (89) | 71 | 79.8 | 18 | 20.2 | F | 0.067 |
Yes (15) | 15 | 100.00 | 0 | .00 | ||
Socioeconomic status | ||||||
Low (30) | 19 | 63.33 | 11 | 36.67 | 10.5 | 0.005* |
Moderate (65) | 58 | 89.2 | 7 | 10.8 | ||
High (9) | 9 | 100.00 | 0 | .00 | ||