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Table 2 Levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior on weekdays, comparison between sexes and school stages

From: Temporal patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in 10–14 year-old children on weekdays

 

Boys

Girls

ES-r

Primary

Secondary

ES-r

PAL (METSWM)

1.98 (0.21)

1.84 (0.23)a

0.32

1.92 (0.22)

1.89 (0.24)

0.10

Steps (n/day)

12230 (3608)

10098 (2616)a

0.34

11685 (3438)

10543 (3070)b

0.21

Time spent at different intensity levels

      

Sedentary (min/day)

399.5 (98.3)

418.0 (100.7)a

0.15

357.9 (83.0)

464.6 (85.8)b

0.56

Light (min/day)

397.1 (72.0)

390.7 (80.8)

0.07

422.8 (74.0)

362.2 (66.3)b

0.41

Moderate (min/day)

50.8 (21.8)

34.7 (19.1)a

0.36

38.9 (23.5)

46.6 (19.4)b,c

0.15

Vigorous (min/day)

24.4 (17.8)

14.9 (13.8)a

0.28

15.1 (12.5)

24.5 (18.9)b

0.27

Sleep (min/day)

568.2 (49.3)

581.8 (62.0)

0.09

605.4 (52.9)

542.2 (39.2)b

0.56

Time spent at behavioral domains

      

School (min/day)

363.2 (38.6)

358.7 (52.8)

0.03

346.5 (46.9)

376.6 (40.4)b

0.32

Sport (min/day)

30.5 (27.7)

29.3 (23.2)

0.03

33.3 (25.8)

26.2 (24.6)b

0.15

Active leisure (min/day)

23.7 (27.4)

22.0 (27.5)

0.03

24.8 (30.7)

20.6 (13.1)

0.08

Active travel (min/day)

25.2 (22.0)

27.1 (22.9)

0.07

20.7 (14.9)

32.3 (27.3)b

0.26

Homework (min/day)

34.2 (24.6)

39.7 (25.7)a

0.14

29.6 (18.7)

45.1 (28.9) b

0.32

Screentime (min/day)

131.3 (68.6)

97.2 (56.2)a

0.27

98.3 (58.9)

130.9 (66.8)b

0.26

Inactive leisure (min/day)

46.1 (32.7)

70.3 (25.1)a

0.26

69.6 (47.5)

46.3 (39.4)b

0.25

Motor travel (min/day)

37.6 (31.5)

35.1 (31.3)

0.03

32.1 (26.1)

40.6 (35.8)b

0.14

CADL (min/day)

108.5 (34.3)

108.0 (34.0)

0.00

107.9 (33.1)

108.7 (35.2)

0.00

Other (min/day)

71.4 (27.0)

70.9 (26.3)

0.00

71.8 (28.6)

70.4 (24.3)

0.03

  1. Results are presented as pooled means and standard deviations (SD)
  2. CADL Common activities of daily life, ES-r effect size correlation coefficients
  3. asignificant main effect sex
  4. bsignificant main effect school stage
  5. csignificant interaction effect. All tests P < 0.05