Table 2 Physical activity indicators by socioeconomic status stratified by sex; descriptive statistics and linear regression

1st SES quintile (n = 164)

2nd SES quintile (n = 176)

3rd SES quintile (n = 150)

4th SES quintile (n = 142)

5th SES quintile (n = 141)

Kruskal-Wallis-Test

adj. For age

adj. For age and health status

p-value

  PA, hrs/week

13.27 (14.49)

12.17 (13.83)

9.82 (12.19)

7.99 (12.23)

4.76 (6.73)

−0.22 (−0.29, −0.15)

−0,22 (−0.29, − 0.17)

< 0.01

  MVPA, hrs/week

6.61 (7.36)

6.14 (7.33)

5.55 (6.53)

4.87 (7.24)

3.14 (4.26)

−0.09 (− 0.12, − 0.05)

−0.09 (− 0.13, − 0.05)

< 0.01

  METs/week

49.63 (53.81)

47.22 (53.26)

39.21 (46.91)

31.92 (47.05)

20.88 (28.12)

−0.76 (−1.02, − 0.50)

−0.76 (− 1.04, − 0.49)

< 0.01

  Total PA (CPM)

1801.83 (472.15)

1845.52 (459.66)

1885.91 (636.76)

1814.07 (458.57)

1823.30 (457.93)

0.39 (−2.38, 3.17)

−0.72 (−3.56, 2.12)

0.89

1st SES quintile (n = 88)

2nd SES quintile (n = 107)

3rd SES quintile (n = 145)

4th SES quintile (n = 167)

5th SES quintile (n = 183)

Kruskal-Wallis-Test

adj. For age

adj. For age and health status

p-value

  PA, hrs/week

13.73 (15.82)

11.90 (12.46)

10.46 (10.75)

7.25 (9.54)

5.44 (7.23)

−0.23 (−0.29, −0.17)

−0.23 (− 0.29, − 0.17)

< 0.01

  MVPA, hrs/week

9.23 (11.55)

8.42 (8.33)

7.90 (7.95)

5.50 (7.32)

4.39 (5.52)

−0.15 (− 0.19, − 0.10)

−0.15 (− 0.19, − 0.10)

< 0.01

  METs/week

56.71 (66.29)

49.23 (49.66)

46.36 (47.89)

31.77 (40.99)

25.56 (32.31)

−0.88 (−1.14, − 0.62)

−0.90 (−1.16, − 0.63)

< 0.01

  Total PA (CPM)

1497.38 (423.85)

1449.01 (433.45)

1537.84 (412.83)

1459.62 (397.57)

1624.98 (435.61)

3.54 (1.16, 5.92)

2.73 (0.31, 5.14)

< 0.01