Table 1

- Participants’ characteristics stratified by upper and lower interquartile ranges of the physical activity Scale for the Elderly scores

Characteristics	TOTAL N=94	PASE ≤IQR n=46	PASE ≥IQR n=48	P-value
Gender, n (%)
Female	32 (34)	16 (34.8)	16 (33.3)	0.88^a
Male	62 (66)	30 (65.2)	32 (66.7)	0.88^a
Age (years), M±SD	67.29 ± 6.58	70.0±7.28	64.7±4.5	0.00^b
Nationality, n (%)
Saudi	81 (86.2)	39 (84.8)	42 (87.5)	0.7^a
Non-Saudi	13 (13.8)	7 (15.2)	6 (12.5)	0.7^a
Marital status, n (%)
Married	86 (91.5)	39 (84.8)	47 (99)	0.02^a
Unmarried	8 (8.5)	7 (15.2)	1 (1)	0.02^a
Education, n (%)
Illiterate or primary	55 (58.5)	33 (71.7)	22 (45.8)	0.01^a
High school or above	39 (41.5)	13 (28.3)	26 (54.2)	0.01^a
Employment status, n (%)
Retired or employed	51 (54.3)	18 (39.1)	33 (68.7)	0.00^a
Unemployed	43 (45.7)	28 (60.9)	15 (31.3)	0.00^a
Residence, n (%)
Urban	85 (90.4)	42 (91.3)	43 (98.5)	0.77^a
Rural	9 (9.6)	4 (8.7)	5 (1.5)	0.77^a
Smoking (yes),	29 (30.9)	13 (28.3)	16 (33.3)	0.59^a
Total number of NCDs, M±SD	1.87 ± 0.81	2.15±0.81	1.6±0.73	0.00^b
BMI (kg/m²), M±SD	27.12 ± 4.70	28.2±5.23	26.09±3.92	0.00^b
Obesity, n (%)	19 (20.2)	11 (23.9)	8 (16.6)	0.38^a
Total PASE Score, M±SD	53.67±29.72	27.9±13.36	78.37±17.44	0.02^b
Leisure-time activity, M±SD	12.62+12.54	8.66±5.08	16.41±16.02	0.00^b
Household Activity, M±SD	41.05+27.49	19.23±14.29	61.95±19.68	0.00^b

M: mean, SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index, IQR: interquartile range, NCD: non-communicable disease, PASE: physical activity Scale for the Elderly, a: tested using Chi-Square test, b: tested using t-test