Prevalence of Physical Activity Among Chinese Adults: Results From the International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia
Paul Muntner, PhD,
Donfeng Gu, MD,
Rachel P. Wildman, PhD,
Jichun Chen, MD,
Wenqi Qan, MD,
Paul K. Whelton, MD, MSc and
Jiang He, MD, PhD
Paul Muntner, Rachel P. Wildman, Paul K. Whelton, and Jiang He are with the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, La. Paul Muntner, Paul K. Whelton, and Jiang He are also with the Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. Donfeng Gu, Jichun Chen, and Wenqi Qan are with the Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing.
FIGURE 1——Percentage of overall, rural, and urban Chinese aged 35–74 years who reported being physically active and participating in any work-related or leisure-time physical activity in the InterASIA study.
Note. Data were age- and gender-standardized to the 2000 population of the People’s Republic of China. Physical activity was defined as participation in 30 or more minutes of daily moderate or vigorous activity. Work-related physical activity was any moderate or vigorous activity during work time among those who reported being physically active (30 or more minutes of daily moderate or vigorous activity). Leisure-time physical activity was any moderate or vigorous activity during leisure time among those who reported being physically active (30 or more minutes of daily moderate or vigorous activity).
* P < .001 for urban vs rural populations being physically active.
FIGURE 2——Prevalence of being physically active among overall, rural, and urban Chinese aged 35–74 years in the InterASIA study stratified by (a) age, (b) gender, and (c) region (southern vs northern).
Note. Data were age- and gender-standardized to the 2000 population of the People’s Republic of China. Physical activity was defined as participation in 30 or more minutes of daily moderate or vigorous activity.
FIGURE 3——Classification of physical activity among Chinese in the InterASIA study who reported daily participation in 30 or more minutes of vigorous or moderate activity: leisure time (white), work related (black), or both leisure time and work related (gray).
