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Table 3 Description of physical activity variables as collected with Actigraph accelerometers in the SPEEDY study.

From: Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people)

 

Boys (N = 822)

Girls (N = 1046)

Total (N = 1868)

Counts per minute

   

   - Weekday

682.6 (176.9)

592.9 (163.5)*

632.4 (175.3)

   - Weekend day

754.8 (346.9)#

690.7 (343.9)*,#

719.6 (346.7)#

   - Total week

716.5 (220.2)

635.6 (210.6)*

671.2 (218.6)

Minutes of MVPA

   

   - Weekday

83.5 (23.4)

65.5 (19.5)*

73.5 (23.1)

   - Weekend day

85.1 (38.5)

67.2 (30.2)*

75.3 (35.3)

   - Total week

84.1 (25.9)

66.1 (20.8)*

74.1 (24.9)

  1. Differences between boys and girls tested with independent t-tests, differences between week and weekend day activity with paired samples t-tests.
  2. *: difference between boys and girls at P < 0.001.
  3. #: difference between weekday and weekend day activity within group at p < 0.001
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