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Table 3 Comparison of physical activity and sedentary behavior between day-segments on regular weekdays

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

 

Morning

School

Early evening

Late evening

Model

ES-r

 

(6:00–9:00)

(9:00–15:00)c

(15:00–18:00)

(18:00–21:00)

P-value

 

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

%

  

PAL (METSWM)

2.10 (0.39)

 

2.49 (0.43)a

 

2.51 (0.5)a

 

2.21 (0.56)

 

<0.001

0.49

Steps (n)

1519 (618)

 

2420 (837)a

 

2453 (952)a

 

1893 (1127)

 

<0.001

0.51

Time spent at different intensity levels

          

Sedentary (min)

38 (17)

21

79 (22)a

44

83 (25)a

46

98 (28)

54

<0.001

0.83

Light (min)

58 (14)

32

87 (19)

48

82 (23)

45

67 (23)

37

<0.001

0.66

Moderate (min)

6 (4)a

3

10 (6)b

6

11 (7)b

6

7 (7)a

4

<0.001

0.41

Vigorous (min)

4 (5)a

2

4 (4)a

2

4 (6)a

2

4 (6)a

2

0.15

0.09

Sleep (min)

75 (23)

42

0 (0)

0

1 (5)

1

5 (10)

3

<0.001

0.95

Time spent at behavioral domains

          

School (min)

26 (9)

14

  

35 (15)

20

0 (0)

0

<0.001

0.99

Sport (min)

0 (1)

0

  

7 (12)

4

14 (17)

8

<0.001

0.54

Active leisure (min)

0 (2)

0

  

6 (11)

3

10 (16)

6

<0.001

0.46

Active travel (min)

9 (9)

5

  

14 (13)

8

2 (4)

1

<0.001

0.68

Homework (min)

3 (5)

2

  

18 (15)

10

11 (12)

6

<0.001

0.65

Screentime (min)

3 (7)

2

  

22 (22)

12

55 (32)

31

<0.001

0.81

Inactive leisure (min)

3 (6)

2

  

15 (17)

8

24 (25)

13

<0.001

0.60

Motor travel (min)

11 (14)

6

  

15 (16)

8

7 (8)

4

<0.001

0.55

CADL (min)

39 (13)a

21

  

15 (12)

9

35 (18)a

19

<0.001

0.82

Other (min)

12 (9)

7

  

32 (18)

18

18 (14)

10

<0.001

0.51

  1. Results are presented as means and standard deviations (SD)
  2. CADL Common activities of daily life, ES-r effect size correlation coefficients
  3. a,bNo significant difference between day-segments with equal superscript letters. All other combinations show a significant difference, P < 0.05
  4. cValues were converted to 3 h averages