Skip to main content

Table 4 Comparison of physical activity and sedentary behavior between day-segments on Wednesdays

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

 

Afternoon

Early evening

Late evening

Model

ES-r

 

(12:00–15:00)

(15:00–18:00)

(18:00–21:00)

P-value

 

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

%

Mean (SD)

%

  

PAL (METSWM)

2.47 (0.71)a

 

2.69 (1.0)b

 

2.57 (1.17)a,b

 

0.04

0.12

Steps (n)

2439 (1504)a

 

2892 (2217)

 

2430 (2480)a

 

0.02

0.14

Time spent at different intensity levels

        

Sedentary (min)

81 (36)a,b

45

75 (41)a

42

87 (44)b

48

0.01

0.16

Light (min)

84 (31)a

47

86 (34)a

48

70 (34)

39

<0.001

0.30

Moderate (min)

9 (9)a

5

11 (14)a

6

10 (14)a

5

0.10

0.10

Vigorous (min)

4 (7)

2

6 (11)a

3

8 (16)a

4

0.002

0.17

Sleep (min)

2 (15)a

1

2 (14)a

1

6 (18)

4

<0.001

0.22

Time spent at behavioral domains

        

School (min)

7 (14)

4

0 (0)a

0

0 (0)a

0

<0.001

0.43

Sport (min)

7 (21)

4

26 (42)a

15

26 (41)a

15

<0.001

0.29

Active leisure (min)

11 (24)a

6

20 (33)

11

7 (19)a

4

<0.001

0.31

Active travel (min)

12 (18)

7

5 (12)

3

3 (7)

1

<0.001

0.36

Homework (min)

19 (26)a

11

18 (31)a

10

8 (19)

5

<0.001

0.24

Screentime (min)

24 (38)a

13

24 (36)a

14

48 (48)

27

<0.001

0.34

Inactive leisure (min)

22 (33)a

12

29 (41)a

16

23 (38)a

13

0.09

0.11

Motor travel (min)

15 (21)a

8

11 (21)a

6

6 (13)

4

<0.001

0.25

CADL (min)

31 (24)

17

16 (22)

9

38 (28)

21

<0.001

0.42

Other (min)

31 (32)a

17

30 (31)a

17

15 (21)

8

<0.001

0.40

  1. Results are presented as means and standard deviations (SD).
  2. a,bNo significant difference between day-segments with equal superscript letters. All other combinations show a significant difference, P < 0.05