Table 6 Comparison among Buddhist activity time quartiles.

N

570

103

146

151

170

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Buddhist activity time (h/d)

9.18 ± 2.08

5.71 ± 1.15^†‡∮

8.26 ± 0.44^‡∮

10.00 ± 0.04^∮

11.35 ± 0.49

0.000

Age (year)

41.15 ± 15.16

47.28 ± 17.09^†‡∮

39.55 ± 14.09

39.26 ± 15.19

40.47 ± 13.93

0.000

Male (n, %)

295 (51.8%)

51 (49.5%)

69 (47.3%)

87 (57.6%)

88 (51.8%)

0.325

BMI (kg/m² ± SD)

25.49 ± 4.47

25.66 ± 4.51

25.72 ± 4.27

25.57 ± 4.79

25.15 ± 4.33

0.683

Overweight/Obese (n, %)

341 (59.8%)

73 (70.9%)

89 (61.0%)

85 (56.3%)

94 (55.3%)

0.056

SBP (mmHg)

125.17 ± 23.59

138.30 ± 28.45^†‡∮

122.74 ± 21.98

123.18 ± 23.94

121.08 ± 19.42

0.000

DBP (mmHg)

74.60 ± 14.06

83.71 ± 17.90^†‡∮

72.96 ± 12.97

72.59 ± 12.00

72.27 ± 11.75

0.000

Pulse rate (beats/min)

82.97 ± 14.14

82.27 ± 14.47

83.40 ± 14.01

84.26 ± 14.89

81.89 ± 13.36

0.456

Hypertension prevalence (n, %)

144 (25.3%)

55 (53.4%)^†‡∮

41 (28.1%)

28 (18.5%)

20 (11.8%)

0.000

FBG (mmol/L)

4.83 ± 0.98

5.07 ± 1.53^‡∮

4.81 ± 0.89

4.79 ± 0.93

4.78 ± 0.77

0.184

DM prevalence (n, %)

12 (2.4%)

3 (3.5%)

4 (3.0%)

3 (2.2%)

2 (1.3%)

0.687

TC (mmol/L)

4.29 ± 1.33

4.73 ± 1.39^†‡∮

4.25 ± 1.21

4.16 ± 1.31

4.13 ± 1.36

0.008

TG (mmol/L)

1.12 ± 0.61

1.38 ± 0.73^†‡∮

1.10 ± 0.63

1.05 ± 0.55

1.02 ± 0.50

0.000

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.44 ± 0.97

2.70 ± 1.07^‡∮

2.43 ± 0.89

2.35 ± 0.96

2.36 ± 0.96

0.056

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.26 ± 0.69

1.43 ± 1.25^∮

1.24 ± 0.34

1.24 ± 0.58

1.18 ± 0.41

0.083