Table 4 Relationship between demographic characteristics and physical activity with State and Trait anxiety in postmenopausal women (N = 245)
Characteristics | State anxiety | P* | Trait anxiety | P* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild (≤ 31) | Medium downward (32–42) | Medium upward (43–53) | Mild (≤ 31) | Medium downward (32–42) | Medium upward (43–53) | Relatively severe (54–64) | Severe (≥ 65) | |||
Age (yr) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 55 | 3 (2.73%) | 64 (57.14%) | 45 (40.17%) | 0.368 | 2 (1.80%) | 69 (61.60%) | 33 (29.46%) | 8 (7.14%) | 0 (00.0%) | 0.334 |
 ≥ 55 | 4 (3.01%) | 64 (48.12%) | 65 (48.87%) |  | 8 (6.01%) | 82 (61.65%) | 33 (24.81%) | 8 (6.01%) | 2 (1.52%) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Illiterate | 0 (00.0%) | 4 (44.45%) | 5 (55.55%) | 0.974 | 2 (22.22%) | 5 (55.55%) | 1 (11.11%) | 1 (11.11%) | 0 (00.0%) | 0.605 |
 Under diploma | 5 (3.06%) | 87 (53.04%) | 72 (43.90%) |  | 6 (3.65%) | 101 (61.58%) | 44 (26.82%) | 11 (6.70%) | 2 (1.25%) |  |
 Diploma | 1 (1.80%) | 29 (51.78%) | 26 (46.42%) |  | 2 (3.59%) | 33 (58.92%) | 17 (30.35%) | 4 (7.14%) | 0 (00.0%) |  |
 College | 1 (6.25%) | 8 (50.00%) | 7 (43.75%) |  | 0(00.0%) | 12(75.00%) | 4(25.00%) | 0(00.0%) | 0(00.0%) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Unemployed | 1 (5.57%) | 12 (66.66%) | 5 (27.77%) | 0.247 | 0 (00.00%) | 9 (50.00%) | 6 (33.33%) | 3 (16.67%) | 0 (00.0%) | 0.578 |
 Employed | 0 (00.0%) | 4 (80.0%) | 1 (20.0%) |  | 1 (20.0%) | 4 (80.0%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0 (00.00%) |  |
 Retired | 1 (6.25%) | 6 (37.50%) | 9 (56.25%) |  | 0 (00.00%) | 12 (75.00%) | 4 (25.00%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0 (00.00%) |  |
 Housewife | 5 (2.44%) | 106(51.45) | 95(46.11%) |  | 9(4.36%) | 126(61.16%) | 56(27.18%) | 13(6.31%) | 2(0.99%) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Single | 1 (11.12%) | 4 (44.44%) | 4 (44.44%) | 0.503 | 1 (11.11%) | 7 (77.78%) | 1 (11.11%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0.732 |
 Married | 6 (2.62%) | 121 (52.60%) | 103 (44.78%) |  | 9 (3.91%) | 140 (60.86%) | 63 (27.39%) | 16 (6.95%) | 2 (0.89%) |  |
 Other | 0 (00.00%) | 3 (50.00%) | 3 (50.00%) |  | 0 (00.00%) | 4 (66.67%) | 2 (33.33%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0 (00.00%) |  |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mild | 5 (2.96%) | 88 (52.07%) | 76 (44.97%) | 0.423 | 10 (5.9%) | 97 (57.40%) | 52 (30.76%) | 10 (5.92%) | 0 (00.00%) | 0.014** |
 Moderate | 2 (2.78%) | 36 (50.0%) | 34 (47.22%) |  | 0 (00.00%) | 52 (72.22%) | 13 (18.05%) | 5 (6.94%) | 2 (2.79%) |  |
 Severe | 0 (00.00%) | 4 (100.00%) | 0 (00.00%) |  | 0 (00.00%) | 2 (50.00%) | 1 (25.00%) | 1 (25.00%) | 0 (00.00%) |  |