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Table 1 Participant characteristics and descriptive statistics

From: Impact of activity outcome and measurement instrument on estimates of youth compliance with physical activity guidelines: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Boys

Girls

N

69

44

25

 Age (Years)

12.0 (2.2)

12.2 (2.3)

11.6 (2.0)

 Height (cm)

155.9 (15.3)

158.6 (17.4)

151.1 (9.3)

 Weight (kg)

47.0 (15.2)

49.3 (16.9)

43.1 (10.9)

 Mean Daily Valid Minutes

824.1 (136.1)

819.2 (146.3)

832.7 (115.9)

BMI

18.9 (3.0)

19.0 (3.0)

18.6 (3.2)

 Normal weight; n (%)

54 (78.3 %)

35 (50.7 %)

19 (27.5 %)

 Overweight; n (%)

14 (20.3 %)

8 (11.6 %)

6 (8.7 %)

 Obese; n (%)

1 (1.4 %)

1 (1.4 %)

0 (0.0 %)

MVPA minutes/day

   

 AG

120.7 (51.9)a

114.5 (51.0)a

131.6 (51.7)

 SWA

155.4 (93.2)

161.4 (88.8)

144.7 (100.0)

Step counts/day

   

 AG

11,557 (4059)b

11,580 (4122)b

11,515 (3958)b

 SWA

9930 (4456)

10,095 (4751)

9639 (3877)

Total measurement days

476

304

172

  1. Abbreviations AG ActiGraph (Wrist-worn GT3X+), BMI Body Mass Index, MVPA Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA), SWA SenseWear Armband (Mini)
  2. Note: Values in parentheses indicate standard deviations unless otherwise noted
  3. aindicates significant differences between AG and SWA for MVPA minutes/day
  4. bindicates significant differences between AG and SWA for Step counts/day