Table 1 Descriptive statistics of activPAL data for an average day, and weekday and weekend day periods (hrs/day; mean ± SD)
From: Within- and between-day associations between children’s sitting and physical activity time
Average day (n = 200) | Weekday (n = 174) | Weekend (n = 103) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before school | At school | After school | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | ||
(6 am-12 pm) | (12-6 pm) | (6-10 pm) | |||||
Sitting time (hrs/day) | 8.7 (2.7) | 1.1 (0.5) | 3.5 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.9) | 2.6 (1.2) | 3.3 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.7) |
Standing time (hrs/day) | 3.2 (0.8) | 0.4 (0.2) | 1.5 (0.4) | 1.2 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.6) | 0.6 (0.4) |
Stepping time (hrs/day) | 2.0 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.3) | 0.5 (0.3) | 0.9 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.2) |
Wear time (hrs/day) | 13.8 (2.9) | 1.8 (0.6) | 6.1 (0.3) | 5.1 (1.1) | 3.9 (1.3) | 5.7 (0.7) | 3.2 (0.8) |