Table 5

Race and Gender Patterns of Physical Activity in the NHAPS Study3.
Race
 Gender
 Number of Individuals (N)
 Number of activities1
 Leisure Time Physical Activities
 Household Related Activities
 Mean Score (kcal/kg)




(%)2
 (kcal/kg)
 (%)2
 (kcal/kg)
White
 Male
 2753
 31
 6.7
 2.70
 20.3
 8.18
 40.3

Female
 3399
 26
 4.5
 1.71
 34.0
 12.92
 38.0
African-American
 Male
 277
 23
 6.3
 2.39
 16.7
 6.35
 38.0

Female
 442
 17
 1.5
 0.55
 29.7
 10.87
 36.6
Hispanic
 Male
 124
 25
 6.3
 2.48
 20.0
 7.86
 39.3

Female
 155
 19
 4.5
 1.68
 32.2
 12.04
 37.4
Asian
 Male
 63
 17
 3.2
 1.12
 21.7
 7.62
 35.1

Female
 60
 21
 8.1
 3.05
 23.4
 8.82
 37.7

1Number of activities to account for 90% of energy expenditure for each group. 2Percentage of energy expenditure for each group 3National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS). 173 individuals refused to identify their ethnicity and are not included in this table.

Dong et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2004 1:4   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-1-4