Table 2 The association between frequency of forest walking and blood pressure level group by each age subgroup
Blood pressure | Once a week or more | Two or three times per month | Once a month | Less than once a month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Men | ||||||||
30–39 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 3 | 100.0 | 5 | 62.5 | 7 | 53.8 | 137 | 60.1 |
Normal | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 38.5 | 55 | 24.1 |
High-normal | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 10.1 |
Hypertension | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 13 | 5.7 |
40–49 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 19 | 63.3 | 17 | 53.1 | 27 | 43.5 | 408 | 50.2 |
Normal | 4 | 13.3 | 5 | 15.6 | 10 | 16.1 | 168 | 20.7 |
High-normal | 4 | 13.3 | 6 | 18.8 | 18 | 29.0 | 106 | 13.0 |
Hypertension | 3 | 10.0 | 4 | 12.5 | 7 | 11.3 | 131 | 16.1 |
50–59 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 16 | 27.1 | 27 | 31.4 | 41 | 36.0 | 383 | 38.8 |
Normal | 17 | 28.8 | 13 | 15.1 | 24 | 21.1 | 201 | 20.4 |
High-normal | 14 | 23.7 | 20 | 23.3 | 20 | 17.5 | 153 | 15.5 |
Hypertension | 12 | 20.3 | 26 | 30.2 | 29 | 25.4 | 250 | 25.3 |
60–69 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 18 | 25.0 | 11 | 13.1 | 15 | 18.5 | 142 | 28.3 |
Normal | 9 | 12.5 | 14 | 16.7 | 10 | 12.3 | 102 | 20.3 |
High-normal | 12 | 16.7 | 18 | 21.4 | 19 | 23.5 | 77 | 15.3 |
Hypertension | 33 | 45.8 | 41 | 48.8 | 37 | 45.7 | 181 | 36.1 |
Women | ||||||||
30–39 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 66.7 | 10 | 90.9 | 144 | 86.2 |
Normal | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 9.1 | 14 | 8.4 |
High-normal | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.0 |
Hypertension | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.4 |
40–49 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 9 | 69.2 | 3 | 60.0 | 22 | 75.9 | 298 | 72.9 |
Normal | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 6.9 | 53 | 13.0 |
High-normal | 4 | 30.8 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 3.4 | 30 | 7.3 |
Hypertension | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.8 | 28 | 6.8 |
50–59 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 20 | 54.1 | 19 | 54.3 | 25 | 56.8 | 259 | 54.6 |
Normal | 6 | 16.2 | 5 | 14.3 | 7 | 15.9 | 78 | 16.5 |
High-normal | 3 | 8.1 | 4 | 11.4 | 5 | 11.4 | 58 | 12.2 |
Hypertension | 8 | 21.6 | 7 | 20.0 | 7 | 15.9 | 79 | 16.7 |
60–69 (years) | ||||||||
Optimal | 4 | 20.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 18 | 45.0 | 71 | 38.8 |
Normal | 4 | 20.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 8 | 20.0 | 30 | 16.4 |
High-normal | 3 | 15.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 28 | 15.3 |
Hypertension | 9 | 45.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 12 | 30.0 | 54 | 29.5 |